darky
pronunciation
How to pronounce darky in British English:
UK ['dɑːkɪ]
How to pronounce darky in American English:
US ['dakɪ]
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- Noun:
- offensive term for Black people
Word Origin
- darky (n.)
- "black person" (now offensive), 1775, from dark (adj.) + -y (3). Related: Darkies.
Example
- 1. Better that I 'd learned to plow or chop cotton like a darky .
- 2. The happy homemaker and the contented darky are both stereotypes produced by prejudice .
- 3. Well , never again will I let a darky on this place marry off it .
- 4. " Mother worked harder than any darky on this place and you know it , miss fine airs ! "
- 5. Just day before yesterday , I saw mrs. merriwether and miss maybelle and their old darky woman out collecting brick in a wheelbarrow .