subs. in pl. (old).—1.  The clippings of money. Also NIG, verb. = to clip money.—B. E. (c. 1696); GROSE (1785).

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  2.  (American).—A negro. [Abbreviation of ‘nigger.’] See SNOWBALL.

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  1889.  Harper’s Magazine, lxxviii., 248. Some of the little NIGS have no clothes at all.

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  3.  (back slang).—Gin. See DRINKS and WHITE SATIN.

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  Verb. (old).—1.  To catch. See NAB and NICK.

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  1754.  The Scoundrel’s Dictionary, ‘The black Profession,’ p. 31. Tho he tips them the Pikes they NIG him again.

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  2.  (venery).—See NIGGLE.

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  3.  (American).—To revoke: at cards. Also RE-NIG.

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