darky
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See also: dárky
Etymology
Noun
darky (plural darkies)
- Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark-skinned person”)
- 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC, part I, page 17:
- 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.
- Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark lantern”)
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