moon cricket

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moon cricket

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From moon + cricket. Perhaps a reference to slaves singing songs during the night.

noun moon crickets · mooncricket · moon-cricket

  1. US, ethnic, slang, slur A black person. Her Dad had been someone her Mom didn't know in Houston. I always used to joke, "Maybe he was a Moon-Cricket from Alabama," but Trish is totally not black.

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"moon cricket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/moon%20cricket. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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moon cricket. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/moon%20cricket

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"moon cricket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/moon%20cricket.

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@misc{moon_cricket_2026,
  title = {moon cricket},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moon%20cricket},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}