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darkskins

darkskins is the plural of darkskin.

Meaning of darkskin

Noun

darkskin (plural darkskins)

  1. A black person who has relatively dark-coloured skin.
    • I know that the majority of us who are dark skinned and living on this reservation are not in favor of it. You don't notice too many here because the darkskins are out picking apples in the Valley of Okanogan, or elsewhere, and they are working.1964, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Hearings, page 227
    Antonyms:
    lightskin

Questions about darkskins

What is darkskins the plural of?
Darkskins is the plural of darkskin.

Words near darkskins in the dictionary

  1. darkside
  2. darksided
  3. darksides
  4. darkskin
  5. darkskinned
  6. darkskins
  7. darkslide
  8. darkslides
  9. darksom
  10. darksome
  11. darksomely

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