单词 | darktown |
释义 | darktown[ dahrk-toun ] / ˈdɑrkˌtaʊn / noun Older Use: Usually Offensive.a part of a town or city inhabited largely by Black people. Origin of darktownAn Americanism dating back to 1880–85; dark + town usage note for darktownThis term from the 1880s, as used in the American South, is usually perceived as insulting and racist. But Darktown Strutters’ Ball was the name of a popular jazz song written in 1917. Words nearby darktowndarkroom, dark slide, darksome, dark star, dark tourism, darktown, dark web, darky, Darlan, Darlene, darling Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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