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blacky-white

blacky-white noun: a Eurasian (person of mixed European and Asian ancestry).

Noun

blacky-white (plural blacky-whites)

  1. (UK, ethnic, informal, obsolete, offensive, slur) A Eurasian (person of mixed European and Asian ancestry).
    • The captain, his face the color of a ripe tomato, leaned over the rail screaming insults at white men who married blacky-whites, the dishonesty of foreigners, and his opinion of the whole proceedings in general.2015, Daniel P. Mannix, Peter Ryhiner, The Wildest Game, page 243
    • Chee-chees, blacky-whites, half castes, Anglo-Indians. Midnight's orphans. The Brits hated us for giving human form to their rapacious colonial lust.2021, Robyn Andrews, Merin Simi Raj, Anglo-Indian Identity, page 401

Forms of blacky-white

pluralblacky-whites

Questions about blacky-white

What does blacky-white mean?
Blacky-white means a Eurasian (person of mixed European and Asian ancestry).
What part of speech is blacky-white?
Blacky-white is a noun.
What is the plural of blacky-white?
The plural of blacky-white is blacky-whites.

Words near blacky-white in the dictionary

  1. blackwoods
  2. blackwork
  3. blackworm
  4. blackworms
  5. blacky
  6. blacky-white
  7. blacky-whites
  8. Blacon
  9. blactivist
  10. blactivists
  11. blad

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