"blacky-white" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blacky-whites [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blacky-white (plural blacky-whites)
  1. (UK, obsolete, informal, offensive, ethnic slur) A Eurasian (person of mixed European and Asian ancestry). Tags: UK, ethnic, informal, obsolete, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-blacky-white-en-noun-qmrH8NZ2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English ethnic slurs

Inflected forms

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