Usually means: Offensive term for Black person.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word darkie:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. darkie: Merriam-Webster
  2. darkie: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. darkie: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. darkie: Collins English Dictionary
  5. darkie: Vocabulary.com
  6. darkie: Wordnik
  7. darkie: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. darkie: Wiktionary
  9. darkie: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. darkie: Dictionary.com
  11. darkie: Rhymezone
  12. darkie: FreeDictionary.org
  13. darkie: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. darkie: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. darkie: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Darkie (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. darkie, darkie, darkie: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. darkie: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Darkie)

▸ noun:  (dated slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Alternative spelling of darkey [(dated slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin.]

Similar:
darkey, kaffir, wog, negro, kike, whitey, dickhead, bastard, cunt, bitch, more...

Opposite:
light-skinned, fair-skinned, non-black, Caucasian

Adjectives:
old, little, poor, ole, dis, good, dark, young, happy, southern, legged



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Similar:
darkey, kaffir, wog, negro, kike, whitey, dickhead, bastard, cunt, bitch, more...

Opposite:
light-skinned, fair-skinned, non-black, Caucasian

Adjectives:
old, little, poor, ole, dis, good, dark, young, happy, southern, legged



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