"darkey" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɑɹki/ [General-American], /ˈdɑːki/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-darkey.ogg [Australia] Forms: darkeys [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ki Etymology: dark + -ey Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dark|ey}} dark + -ey Head templates: {{en-noun}} darkey (plural darkeys)
  1. (dated slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin. Tags: dated, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Translations ((slang, offensive) a person with dark skin): чернилка (černilka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), barevnej [masculine] (Czech), mutiainen (Finnish), mutakuono (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-darkey-en-noun-T5GLU730 Categories (other): English ethnic slurs Disambiguation of '(slang, offensive) a person with dark skin': 87 13
  2. (slang, obsolete) A dark lantern. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-darkey-en-noun-7ADas76K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ey Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ey: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: darky, darkie Related terms: blackie

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