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| In several English-speaking countries, '''''niggerhead''''' or '''''nigger head''''' is a former name for several things thought to resemble a black person's head (cf. "]").<ref>{{cite book|last=Koch|first=Harold|last2=Hercus|first2=Luise|title=Aboriginal Placenames: Naming and Re-Naming the Australian Landscape |year=2009|publisher=ANU E Press|location=Canberra|isbn=978-1-921666-08-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HyHh-OrnRGoC&pg=PA199&dq=Niggerhead&hl=en&ei=eFfFTuv9AtH82gWP_KmmBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=9&ved=0CFYQuwUwCA#v=onepage&q=Niggerhead&f=false|page=200}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Whitney|first=William Dwight|last2=Smith|first2=Benjamin Eli|title=The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia|year=1911|publisher=The Century co|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dhTpAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA4335&dq=Niggerhead&hl=en&ei=81rFToe5EvO42gWepMDoDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBzgo#v=onepage&q=Niggerhead&f=false|page=4335}}</ref> | |||
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| The term was once widely used for all sorts of things, including nautical ]s<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/surfskill-a.htm |title=Skill in the Surf – A Landing Boat Manual |publisher= Accessed via ] |date=February 1945 |accessdate=2013-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/niggerhead |title=English Dictionary – Definition of "niggerhead" |publisher=Collins |accessdate=2013-10-05 }}</ref> and consumer products including soap, ], ], canned oysters and shrimp, golf tees, and toy ]s, among others. It was often used for geographic features such as hills and rocks and geological objects such as ]s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mordoh|first=Alice|title=The Old Traditional Way of Life|year=1989|publisher=Trickster Press|location=Indiana University Folklore Institute|isbn=0-915305-02-X|pages=99}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Wallace|first=Samuel|title=The American Journal of Science and Arts VolXV|year=1878|publisher=New Haven|pages=366}}</ref> The term appears in several US patents for mechanical devices prior to about 1950.<ref> {{ cite patent | country = US | number = 2157153 | status = patent | title = Niggerhead | pubdate = 1939-05-09 | gdate = | fdate = 1936-08-13 | pridate = 1936-08-13 | inventor = Herman J Toche | assign1 = American Coach And Body Company | class = ECLA classification}} </ref><ref> {{ cite patent | country = US | number = 2585991 | status = patent | title = Niggerhead | pubdate = 1952-02-19 | gdate = | fdate = 1949-08-24 | pridate = 1949-08-24 | inventor = John Balmer | assign1 = John Balmer | class = }}</ref> Languages other than English have used similar terms to describe ]. | |||
| In 1955, the Aughinbaugh Canning Company of ] renamed its "Nigger Head Brand" oysters to "] Head Brand" following pressure from the ].<ref>{{cite book|author=Johnson Publishing Company|title=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vrEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28|accessdate=2013-05-01|date=18 August 1955|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|page=28|issn=0021-5996}}</ref> | |||
| More than a hundred "Niggerheads", and other place names now considered racially offensive, were changed in 1962 by the ], but many local names remained unchanged.<ref name="Washington Post 2 October 2011">{{cite news|last=McCrummen|first=Stephanie|title=At Rick Perry’s Texas hunting spot, camp’s old racially charged name lingered|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/rick-perry-familys-hunting-camp-still-known-to-many-by-old-racially-charged-name/2011/10/01/gIQAOhY5DL_story.html|accessdate=2 October 2011|newspaper=]|date=2 October 2011}}</ref> | |||
| In October 2011, while ] was ], controversial reports that his family leased a hunting camp once called "Niggerhead" caused his record on racial issues to be scrutinized.<ref>{{Cite news|title=At Rick Perry’s Texas hunting spot, camp’s old racially charged name lingered|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/rick-perry-familys-hunting-camp-still-known-to-many-by-old-racially-charged-name/2011/10/01/gIQAOhY5DL_story.html|date=October 1, 2011|first=Stephanie|last=McCrummen|work=]|accessdate=October 3, 2011}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| *{{Wiktionary-inline|niggerhead|nigger head}} | |||
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