[f. WHITE a. + -Y3.]
1. A white man; in quot. as a quasi-proper name: cf. BLACKY sb. 1.
1828. P. Cunningham, N. S. Wales (ed. 3), II. 9. The instant blacky perceives whity beating a retreat, he vociferates after him—‘Go along, you dam rascal.’
2. = WHITING sb. 1 b (a).
1912. A. McCormick, Words fr. Wild-wood (ed. 2), vi. 82. I had thrashed the stream at the Dam Dyke with great perseverance in the hole of getting a ‘whitey.’
