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darky

darky noun: the time of darkness: night or dusk. Also the alternative spelling of darkey.

Noun

darky (countable and uncountable, plural darkies)

  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) The time of darkness: night or dusk.
    • […] at Darky they buss them out of the Ground, that is, at Night they steal the Horses, then pike thirty or forty Straches that Darky, that is go thirty or forty Miles that Night, towards the next Gaff to fence them, […]1761, The Discoveries of John Poulter, alias Baxter, etc. MS. notes, page 39

Also used as

darky is also the alternative spelling of darkey.

Forms of darky

pluraldarkies

Origin of darky

From dark + -y.

Phrases with darky

Questions about darky

What does darky mean?
Darky means the time of darkness: night or dusk.
What part of speech is darky?
Darky is a noun.
What is the plural of darky?
The plural of darky is darkies.

Words near darky in the dictionary

  1. darkwards
  2. darkwave
  3. darkwaver
  4. darkwavers
  5. Darkwood
  6. darky
  7. Darky Cuntinent
  8. darl
  9. Darla
  10. Darlag
  11. Darland

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