English Explanatory Dictionary

nigger in the woodpile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hidden motive, influence or factor; a concealed (potential) snag; something suspicious.

Word forms

nigger in the woodpile niggers in the woodpile niggers in woodpiles nigger in the wood-pile nigger in the wood pile

Etymology

First attested in the 1840s.

Synonyms

nigger in the fence Ethiopian in the woodpile monkey in the woodpile
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