Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a disparaging term for a black person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A negro; a colored person.
- noun A policeman's lantern; a bull's-eye. Dickens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Slang a negro; an African-American; -- an older term now considered offensive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
darkey .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people
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Examples
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Hey, I had this great idea last night that if you dress up a black guy like a woman after before you kill them, you can claim it was self defense and not a hate crime because the darky was a violent sex offender/tranny!
NEW IRON MAN TV SPOT 2008
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For a moment I was completely bewildered; then, as I recalled the darky's crafty and indirect ways, my confidence returned and I had the keenest curiosity to see what would be forthcoming.
The Mutineers Charles Boardman Hawes
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"It suah do work, Mistah Swift!" called the darky to Tom, who was waiting the result of his little repair job.
Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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(the Yanks would love him) and calling a darky a darky is only funny for a while.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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(the Yanks would love him) and calling a darky a darky is only funny for a while.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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(the Yanks would love him) and calling a darky a darky is only funny for a while.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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After more banter with the "darky" Agnew, Nixon opened the piano duet with Franklin Roosevelt's favorite song ( "Home on the Range"), then Harry Truman's ( "Missouri Waltz"), then Lyndon Johnson's ( "The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You").
White House On Sykes-Limbaugh: 9/11 Jokes Cross The Line (VIDEO) 2010
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After more banter with the "darky" Agnew, Nixon opened the piano duet with Franklin Roosevelt's favorite song ( "Home on the Range"), then Harry Truman's ( "Missouri Waltz"), then Lyndon Johnson's ( "The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You").
White House On Sykes-Limbaugh: 9/11 Jokes Cross The Line (VIDEO) 2010
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In the South the hillbilly disk jockeys refused to play him because they said he was singing "darky" music.
Steve Anderson: Elvis Presley 1/8/35 - 8/16/77: for I can't help falling in love with you 2008
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For DarKush, it offered "darky" when I went to type the url in by hand....
Ending a 4x7, and a Student's excellent concerns Steven Barnes 2008
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