darky

See also: dárky

English

Etymology

From dark +‎ -y.

Noun

darky (plural darkies)

1. Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark-skinned person”)
   • 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC, part I, page 17:

     He’s a small farmer, not a big planter, and if the boys thought enough of him to elect him lieutenant, then it’s not for any darky to talk impudent about him.

2. Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark lantern”)