darktown

[ dahrk-toun ]

/ ˈdɑrkˌtaʊn /

noun Older Use: Usually Offensive.

a part of a town or city inhabited largely by blacks.

QUIZZES

CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

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Origin of darktown

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; dark + town

usage note for darktown

This 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 darktown

darkling beetle, darkly, darkness, darkroom, darksome, darktown, darky, darlan, darlene, darling, darling downs