"smoked Irishman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smoked Irishmen [plural]
Etymology: From the joint low status of blacks and the Irish in Britain and the United States during the 19th century. Head templates: {{en-noun|smoked Irishmen}} smoked Irishman (plural smoked Irishmen)
  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur, dated) A black man. Tags: dated, derogatory, ethnic, slur Categories (topical): People Categories (place): Ireland Related terms: smoked Irish
    Sense id: en-smoked_Irishman-en-noun-kTD6UHeA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English ethnic slurs

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1969, Harper's Magazine: Volume 239",
          "text": "The smoked Irishmen — the colored (no one says black; few even say Negro) — represent change and instability, kids who cause trouble in school, who get treatment that your kids never got, that you never got.",
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          "ref": "1972, John C. Livingston, Robert G. Thompson, The dissent of the governed: readings on the democratic process",
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          "ref": "2010, Loren Avey, The Pole Creek Crossing, page 214",
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