Usually means: Offensive term for Black people.
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  1. darkies: Merriam-Webster
  2. darkies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. darkies: Collins English Dictionary
  4. darkies: Vocabulary.com
  5. darkies: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. darkies: Wiktionary
  7. darkies: Dictionary.com
  8. Darkies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. darkies: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. darkies: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See darky as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Darky)

noun:  Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark-skinned person”) [(dated slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin.]
noun:  Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark lantern”) [(dated slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin.]
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