raisin n.
1. (US) derog. term for a black person; also attrib.
Queens’ Vernacular 168: raisin-hunting looking for a black partner in the black sections of town. [...] raisin queen white who turns to black lovers. | ||
Lang. of Ethnic Conflict 46: Color Allusions, Other than ‘Black’ and ‘Negro’: [...] raisin [perhaps from the play and 1961 movie Raisin in the Sun]. |
2. (N.Z.) an old person.
You Gotta Play Hurt 126: ‘If the old raisin doesn’t die soon, my rich little clit won’t have too many good years left’. | ||
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. |
3. (US) in pl., the testicles.
August Snow [ebook] ‘I can do anything I want in my house, pork chop [...] Including clipping your fucking raisins’. |