Blackie
a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
Contemporary Examples
Joan Rivers’s Best Insults (VIDEO) Kevin Fallon November 29, 2012
Historical Examples
Dawn O’Hara, The Girl Who Laughed Edna Ferber
The Cosmic Computer Henry Beam Piper
The Rover Boys on a Tour Arthur M. Winfield
The Tale of Grunty Pig Arthur Scott Bailey
Dawn O’Hara, The Girl Who Laughed Edna Ferber
The Tale of Grunty Pig Arthur Scott Bailey
Young Wallingford George Randolph Chester
The Eagle Cliff R.M. Ballantyne
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) Various
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any preparation for producing a black coating or finish, as on shoes or stoves. lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it. characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness: a black night. (sometimes initial capital letter) pertaining or belonging to any of the various populations characterized by dark […]
- Blackish
lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it. characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness: a black night. (sometimes initial capital letter) pertaining or belonging to any of the various populations characterized by dark skin pigmentation, specifically the dark-skinned peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Australia. African American. soiled […]
- Blackly
darkly; gloomily. wickedly: a plot blackly contrived to wreak vengeance. angrily: blackly refusing to yield to reason. Contemporary Examples A Widow’s Tale Jennie Yabroff February 14, 2011 Historical Examples Murder in Any Degree Owen Johnson The Forbidden Trail Honor Willsie Polly the Pagan Isabel Anderson Dracula’s Guest Bram Stoker The Haunting of Low Fennel Sax […]
- Blackmun
Harry A(ndrew) 1908–1999, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1970–94.
- Blackmur
R(ichard) P(almer) 1904–65, U.S. critic and poet.