blackie

noun

black·​ie

variants or less commonly blackey or blacky

ˈblakē,

-ki

plural blackies also blackeys or blackies

: one that is black: such as

a

usually offensive : a person belonging to a darkly pigmented race : a black person

b

: any of several largely black or dark-colored birds: such as

(1)

British : blackbird sense 1a

(2)

: ring-necked duck

(3)

: canada goose

(4)

: black duck sense a

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