darkey
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
darkey (plural darkeys)
- (dated slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin.
- 1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom Chapter 3
- The windmill under the care of Mr. Kinney, a kind hearted old Englishman, was to me a source of infinite interest and pleasure. The old man always seemed pleased when he saw a troop of darkey little urchins, with their tow-linen shirts fluttering in the breeze, approaching to view and admire the whirling wings of his wondrous machine.
- 1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom Chapter 3
- (slang, obsolete) A dark lantern.
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