blackie
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈblæki/
- Informal
- At the party, everyone was calling for Blackie to join the game.
- call me Blackie
- Blackie said
- named Blackie
Examples
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I kind of want to go hear Blackie Buck tonight.
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My friend is called Blackie because of his dark hair.
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Like I said, Blackie is as big as a house, and if she were to say to you,
Fiction book (2001) -
"It could happen to you, too, young one!" Blackie said.
Fiction book (1994) -
You got yourself a deal, blackie.
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But from way before I remember well, every soul I knew but my mother called me Blackie.
Fiction book (1991) -
And the couch is new, and Blackie was my best man.
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Sam loved cards, sunshine, and his cat, Blackie.
Fiction book (1991) -
The first rule of life, Blackie, never do no favors.
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So somebody called me Blackie early, the way they called my fat friend Skinny Minnie; and Blackie hung onto my life like a burr.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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8.0
A friendly name friends use for someone called Black or with dark hair
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blackie is made from the name black and the friendly ending -ie, the same trick used to make Johnny from John or Smithy from Smith. So it became a casual, friendly nickname for someone with the surname Black or with dark hair.