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blackey

blackey is the alternative spelling of blacky.

Meaning of blacky

Noun

blacky (plural blackies)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, informal, offensive, slur) A black person.
    • [I]t was agreed that two double beds were in requisition: — one for the host and hostess — and the other for the loving nigger and his wife, who it plainly appeared, had no inclination to be separated. Our hope was in a double bed — the one which the blacky and his fairer half looked at with a...1836, Pedestres (pseud.), Sir Clavileno Woodenpeg (knight of Snowdon, pseud.), A pedestrian tour of thirteen hundred and forty-seven miles through Wales and England (page 269)
    Synonyms:
    coon, nigger, wog

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Proper noun capitalized: Blackey

Blackey

  1. An unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States.

Forms of blackey

pluralblackeys

Questions about blackey

What does blackey mean?
Blackey means an unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States.
What is blackey the alternative spelling of?
Blackey is the alternative spelling of blacky.
What part of speech is blackey?
Blackey is a proper noun.

Words near blackey in the dictionary

  1. Blackett
  2. Blackett effect
  3. blackette
  4. blackettes
  5. Blacketts
  6. blackey
  7. blackeye
  8. blackeyed
  9. blackeyes
  10. blackeys
  11. blackface

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