ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Blacky

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈblæki/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Blacky is a noun meaning (informal, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.

Meaning

(informal, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.

Example Sentences

Apropos of Van Balen, an artist who painted me lately had painted a blackamoor praying; and not filling his canvas, stuffed in his little girl aside of a blacky gaping at him unmeaningly; and then did not know what to call it.
[I]t was agreed that two double beds were in requisition: — one for the host and hostess — and the other for the loving nigger and his wife, who it plainly appeared, had no inclination to be separated. Our hope was in a double bed — the one which the blacky and his fairer half looked at with a longing eye — but out of which he had no idea of turning: […]

Word Forms

Synonyms for blacky

Depending on context, synonyms include coon, nigger, wog.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include picaninny, whitey, negrophile, black, nigrescent, darkie.

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