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▪ I. blacky, n. colloq.|ˈblækɪ| Also blackie, -ey. [f. black, with -y4, dim., as in Tommy.] 1. A Black, a Negro: often used without the article after the fashion of a proper name. Cf. darky. Now Hist. or derogatory.
1815Moore Epist. Tom Crib 1 Aye, even Blackey cries shame. 1854Thackeray Newcomes i. 35 He swore he would demolish blackey's ugly face. 1863Athenæum No. 1858 737/2 Overseers who..flog their blackies unmercifully. 2. dial. and colloq. = Black one; also = blackbird.
1876Mrs. Francis in W. W. Skeat S. Warwickshire Words 124 Blackie, a blackbird. 1890A. J. Armstrong Ingleside Musings 84, I listen to the blackie's note. 1940F. Kitchen Brother to Ox i. 3 Every bush along the carriage drive owned a blackie or a thrush. ▪ II. blacky, a.|ˈblækɪ| [f. black a. + -y1.] Somewhat black, blackish.
1594Carew Tasso (1881) 75 From his fell mouth such blacky belches came. 1877M. Laffan Hon. Miss Ferrard I. vii. 234 Of jute and blacky-brown silk. |