bull daggerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

bulldagger (plural bulldaggers)

1. (slang, offensive, derogatory) A masculine or butch lesbian; a bulldyke.
   • 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 35, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‎, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 238:

     After a thorough self-examination, in the light of all I had read and heard about dykes and bulldaggers, I reasoned that I had none of the obvious traits—I didn’t wear trousers, or have big shoulders or go in for sports, or walk like a man or even want to touch a woman.

   • 1992, “Big Mama”, in Roxanne Shanté (lyrics), The Bitch Is Back:

     You say you’re “Lyte as a Rock,” you get crushed like a pebble
     One word, and I’mma bag her
     Watch the bitch stagger, cause I don't dig the bulldagger
     To me a butch don’t deserve a mic in hand
     Somebody tell her to stop acting like a man
     She needs something real thick to help her out quick
     (What?) And that’s a good piece of dick

   • 2010, Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson, The Blackwell City Reader, page 249:

     The visibility of bulldaggers and faggots in the streets and clubs of Harlem during the late 1920s and early 1930s does not mean they enjoyed unqualified toleration throughout Harlem society.

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• bulldyke