dark meat

noun

1. meat that is dark in appearance after cooking, especially a leg or thigh of chicken or turkey ( white meat ).
2. Slang: Vulgar. a Black person, considered as a sexual partner.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dark meat¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

Your choice of chicken — wings, tenders or dark meat, each tinted a supernatural shade of orange from the paprika and cayenne — lounges atop the waffle.

From Washington Post

Add the shredded chicken — light and dark meat — to the soup and let it warm through, about 2 minutes.

From Washington Post

Curiously, even the dark meat does not ooze rivers of juice when you bite it.

From The Daily Beast

Use the breasts for a delicious supreme, and the dark meat for a soup, a salad, or a braise.

From The Daily Beast

The breast and wings are called light meat; the thigh-bones and side-bones dark meat.

From Project Gutenberg

Remove the meat from the carcass, separating the white from the dark meat.

From Project Gutenberg

Light meat and dark meat, together with stuffing, should be included in each portion, unless a preference is indicated.

From Project Gutenberg

The white of chicken, fowls, and turkeys is thought to be more digestible than the dark meat.

From Project Gutenberg

If carving at the table, learn the preference of those served, whether they wish light or dark meat, meat well done or underdone.

From Project Gutenberg