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Definition of Darkie
1. Noun. (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people.
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Ethnic Slur
Generic synonyms: Black, Black Person, Blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
Definition of Darkie
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of darkey) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Darkie
1. darkey [n -S] - See also: darkey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Darkie
Literary usage of Darkie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Labour in the Far, Far West: Being Notes of a Tour in the Western by William Henry Barneby (1884)
"The Man and the Bear—A Meal of Bear—The Mariposa Grove of Big Trees— The Grizzly
Giant—An Angry darkie—A Tree Forest —Among th<- Pioneers—An Expensive ..."
2. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"... set dis darkie free, Oh ! what a happy place den de darkie land would be ;
We'd have a darkie parliament An' darkie codes of law, An' darkie judges on ..."
3. The American Joe Miller: A Collection of Yankee Wit and Humour by Joe Miller (1865)
"I WISH de legislatur would set dis darkie free, Oh ! what a happy place den de
darkie laud would bs We'd have a darkie parliament, An' darkie codes of law, ..."
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