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Unfamiliar with "Nigger in a woodpile" idiom, can anyone explain?

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/10/completely-unacce...
brilliant business firm
  07/10/17
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114734&mc=1...
laughsome magenta base trump supporter
  07/10/17
The link confirms the existence of the idiom, but does not e...
brilliant business firm
  07/10/17
just watch the vid
laughsome magenta base trump supporter
  07/10/17
I did there is a woodpile with a nigger in it, but I suspect...
brilliant business firm
  07/10/17
https://youtu.be/cooncA2iVMA Reference :50
red school
  07/10/17
It's almost resembles self reflection, but it's just narciss...
brilliant business firm
  07/10/17
Yeah, it is addressed to blacks at the end it seems tho
red school
  07/10/17
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2321539&mc=2...
Twinkling Electric Sanctuary Old Irish Cottage
  07/10/17
Is it similar to brass tacks?
harsh naked personal credit line scourge upon the earth
  07/10/17
?
brilliant business firm
  07/11/17
"Nigger in the woodpile" or "nigger in the fe...
Paralegal Gianfranco
  10/01/25
Ty
Guarding of the Brit
  10/01/25
An African somewhere in a (usually Southern) person's ancest...
habeas penem
  10/01/25


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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:25 PM
Author: brilliant business firm

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/10/completely-unacceptable-mp-apologises-after-woodpile-remarks/

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:26 PM
Author: laughsome magenta base trump supporter

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114734&mc=103&forum_id=2

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:36 PM
Author: brilliant business firm

The link confirms the existence of the idiom, but does not explain it.

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:52 PM
Author: laughsome magenta base trump supporter

just watch the vid

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:55 PM
Author: brilliant business firm

I did there is a woodpile with a nigger in it, but I suspect it's a reference to something predating the cartoon.

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:39 PM
Author: red school

https://youtu.be/cooncA2iVMA

Reference :50

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:44 PM
Author: brilliant business firm

It's almost resembles self reflection, but it's just narcissism.

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:56 PM
Author: red school

Yeah, it is addressed to blacks at the end it seems tho

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:43 PM
Author: Twinkling Electric Sanctuary Old Irish Cottage

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2321539&mc=20&forum_id=2

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:55 PM
Author: harsh naked personal credit line scourge upon the earth

Is it similar to brass tacks?

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Date: July 11th, 2017 1:32 AM
Author: brilliant business firm

?

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Date: October 1st, 2025 1:36 AM
Author: Paralegal Gianfranco (✅🍑)

"Nigger in the woodpile" or "nigger in the fence" is a figure of speech originating in the United States meaning "some fact of considerable importance that is not disclosed—something suspicious or wrong".[1]

The phrase means an unknown factor, something that causes things to turn out differently than would normally be assumed. Woodpiles used to be stacked loosely with spaces, to avoid rot (see illustration) and were presented by racists as natural hiding places for Black people, where they could either nap (fitting the stereotype of the lazy Black man) or spy on their White neighbors.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3671144&forum_id=2).#49316610)



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Date: October 1st, 2025 3:02 AM
Author: Guarding of the Brit

Ty

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Date: October 1st, 2025 8:13 AM
Author: habeas penem

An African somewhere in a (usually Southern) person's ancestry.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3671144&forum_id=2).#49316851)