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Meaning of blacky | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈblæki/

Definitions

  1. A nickname of the surname Black.
  2. A black person.
    derogatory, ethnic, informal, offensive, slur

Examples

“[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 longing eye — but out of which he had no idea of turning: […]”
“Apropos of Van Balen, an artist who painted me lately had painted a blackamoor praying; and not filling his canvas, stuffed in his little girl aside of a blacky gaping at him unmeaningly; and then did not know what to call it.”
“Go ask Blacky if he wants to join us for beers after work tonight.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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