colloq. Also blackie, -ey. [f. BLACK, with -Y3, dim., as in Tommy.]

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  1.  A black, a negro: often used without the article after the fashion of a proper name. Cf. darky.

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1815.  Moore, Epist. Tom Crib, 1. Aye, even Blackey cries shame.

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1854.  Thackeray, Newcomes, I. 35. He swore he would demolish blackey’s ugly face.

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1863.  Athenæum, No. 1858, 737/2. Overseers who … flog their blackies unmercifully.

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  2.  Sc. and north. = Black one; also = blackbird.

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