Meanings
plural darkies
- alternativedatedethnicoffensiveslangslurAlternative spelling of darkey.
[Captain Andrew Russell, in English]: Bloody darkie! Arrest him!
2001, Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, Ashutosh Gowariker, et al.2 more examples
In an intolerable sweetness, a contentment so deep that he was wistfully discontented, he saw magnolias by moonlight and heard plantation darkies crooning to the banjo.
1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXII, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLCMy Dad has taught me that in England some foolish man may call me sambo, darkie, boot or munt or nigger, even.
1964 [1957], Colin MacInnes, City of Spades, London: Penguin Books, page 22
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people
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