smoked Irishman

smoked Irishman

English

Noun

smoked Irishman (plural smoked Irishmen)

1. (dated, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black man.
   • 1969, Harper's Magazine: Volume 239

     The smoked Irishmen — the colored (no one says black; few even say Negro) — represent change and instability, kids who cause trouble in school, who get treatment that your kids never got, that you never got.

   • 1972, John C. Livingston, Robert G. Thompson, The dissent of the governed: readings on the democratic process

     "We get fairly good salaries, and this is a good neighborhood, one of the few good ones left. We have no smoked Irishmen around."

   • 2010, Loren Avey, The Pole Creek Crossing (page 214)

     When asked about his Irish name, and how he came by that, McCracken replied "I's smoked Irish, Judge, just another smoked Irishman."

Translations

derogatory term for "black man"

Finnish: lakupetteri, laku (fi)