Definition of "niggards" [niggards]

• Plural form of niggard. (noun)

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• "In your “niggards” hypothetical, as I said, the sign would be taken as some evidence of discriminatory intent, but the store owner could show that in fact he did not engage in any racial discrimination."
• "I was just human, and I was taking the path in the world that men took -- men whom I admired, if you please; full-blooded men, lusty, breedy, chesty men, free spirits and anything but niggards in the way they foamed life away."
• "“No niggards here” is, literally read, not objectionable."