Darky

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark-skinned person”). alt-of, alternative, countable

    "He’s a small farmer, not a big planter, and if the boys thought enough of him to elect him lieutenant, then it’s not for any darky to talk impudent about him."

  2. 2
    (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people wordnet
  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark lantern”). alt-of, alternative, countable
  4. 4
    The time of darkness: night or dusk. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "[…] at Darky they buss them out of the Ground, that is, at Night they steal the Horses, then pike thirty or forty Straches that Darky, that is go thirty or forty Miles that Night, towards the next Gaff to fence them, […]"

Etymology

From dark + -y.

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