Darktown
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Darktown is a noun meaning (US, dated) An African-American area of a city, especially in the American South.
Meaning
(US, dated) An African-American area of a city, especially in the American South.
Example Sentences
But I get such strong impressions of your hey day / Looking up and down old Beale Street / Ghosts of the darktown society / Come right out of the bricks at me
Word Forms
- darktowns
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include darkey, darkmans, dogtown, blackdar, ditsoon, downtown.
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