darky

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark-skinned person”).
   alt-of, alternative, countable
2. Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark lantern”).
   alt-of, alternative, countable
3. The time of darkness: night or dusk.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“He’s a small farmer, not a big planter, and if the boys thought enough of him to elect⟳ him lieutenant, then it’s not for any darky to talk⟳ impudent about him.”

“[…] 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, […]”

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