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darky

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dark·y also dark·ie  (därk)
n. pl. dark·ies Offensive
Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.
darky, darkie, darkey [ˈdɑːkɪ]
n pl darkies, darkeys Informal
1. an offensive word for a Black
2. Austral an offensive word for a native Australian
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.darky - (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people
darkey, darkie
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language
Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, Black - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)


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This is illustrated by a story told of a coloured man in Alabama, who, one hot day in July, while he was at work in a cotton-field, suddenly stopped, and, looking toward the skies, said: "O Lawd, de cottom am so grassy, de work am so hard, and the sun am so hot dat I b'lieve dis darky am called to preach
Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context
Maybe you won't believe it, but some days for hours I just lie in the sun like a darky boy, not even thinking.
Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context
First, it was "Treat my daughter kind-i-ly," and then she swung into old-fashioned darky camp-meeting hymns, beginning with:
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
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