Green’s Dictionary of Slang

used derog. with ref. to any British Asian or East African Asian immigrant.

1975		S. Selvon Moses Ascending (1984) 137: What about the trafficking of illegal Paki immigrants?
1981		J. Sullivan ‘The Russians are Coming’ Only Fools and Horses [TV script] Bound to be a little Paki shop open somewhere!
1994		J. O’Connor Secret World of the Irish Male (1995) 50: ‘Not like those farkin’ Pakki bastards,’ she grinned.
1999		A. O’Hagan Our Fathers 9: Shopkeepers: thieving Paki bastards.
2000		N. Griffiths Grits 81: Food’s a werse fuckin addiction uv all, an Paki food-a werst uv-a werse.
2012		(con. 1980s) I. Welsh Skagboys 44: She scowls indignantly as she spies a Paki family.
2012		R. Milward Kimberly’s Capital Punishment (2023) 415: Another [corpse] a young Paki lass.
2024		J. Meades Empty Wigs (t/s) 502: ‘Now if you dare call me a Paki bitch, again, I have a witness’.