darky
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- noun
- Slur
- "The Atlanta Constitution reported that aged ante-bellum darkies, pickaninnies, and the hundreds of black farm hands scattered throughout Cherokee County felt at ease again Thursday when all fears of the rumored clan of night riders were dispelled."
Examples
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Look at them darkies in the back!
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Mamma was down at the "quarters" talking to the frightened darkies, for the Yankees were coming and they wanted "missis" to protect them, and across the hall, mammy was singing to the baby.
Fiction book (1996) -
Here the 'darky' act makes brothers of us all.
Academic text (2014) -
All those darkies played real harmony
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"Then you can just do it in the dirt like a darky," she said, and went inside the house and latched the screen behind her.
Fiction book (1991) -
I won't play that other 'cause it says "old darkies."
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The men say they punish darkies to protect their women; isn't that it, dear?
Fiction book (1990) -
Perhaps this was why so many of our men feared and punished darkies, who were desperate for a living, too, and were wandering the roads throughout the South.
Fiction book (1990) -
Life on a Virginia plantation, Caleb, faithful darkies to do her bidding, splendid balls, dazzling gowns, high-born admirers.
Fiction book (1993) -
Look at them darkies in the back!
Synonyms
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A person with dark skin whose family comes from Africa
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Darky comes from the English word dark ('not light') plus the ending -y, and it was used as an insulting name for Black people. Because it turns a simple color word into a hurtful label, it is strongly offensive and should not be used.