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Paki slang.|ˈpækɪ|
Also Pakki, Pakky.
[Abbrev. of Pakistani n. and a.]
A Pakistani, spec. an immigrant from Pakistan. Also attrib. and in comb., as Paki-bashing, wanton physical assault on or other violence directed against Pakistani immigrants (hence Paki-bash, Paki-basher).
1964Guardian 15 Apr. 8/4 Some big Paki over the water's got her set up for right trouble. 1969B. Knox Tallyman v. 94 Ali's a Paki—an' you know how it goes. Paki's pretty well look all the same to me. 1970Observer 5 Apr. 3/2 The name of the game is Pakky Bashing... Any Asian careless enough to be walking the streets at night is a fool. 1970Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 15 Apr. 7-c/2 They attack Asian immigrants, and term this ‘paki-bashing’. 1972J. Brown Chancer iii. 47 Sergeant Burton and me, we broke in the Paki lodging house. 1973C. Mullard Black Brit. ii. iv. 40 ‘Hunting the Barney’..a practice that has much in common with present-day ‘Paki-bashing’. 1973M. Amis Rachel Papers 142 Joe, a young and ambitious cook, was fed up to the teeth with cooking steak and chips for the odd Pakki. 1975J. Symons Three Pipe Problem v. 36 He wanted to send the nig nogs and the Pakis back where they belong, in the jungle. 1976Times 20 Jan. 12/7 Argument over the precise number of Paki-bashers who can dance on the arms of a swastika. 1977F. Branston Up & Coming Man xii. 126 He let the half [of a house] he owned to a load of Pakis to use as a temple. 1977Daily Tel. 17 Jan. 3/1 ‘Paki-busting’ is suddenly a topical phrase in Canada. 1977Time 12 Dec. 19/3 Bands of front backers, swinging fists and banner staves, have sallied into peaceful demonstrations by Indians and Pakistanis in what are cruelly called ‘Paki bashes’. |