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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of black form-of, plural
2. 2
   plural of Black form-of, plural
3. 3
   A kind of ink in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape and the residue of the wine press.
4. 4
   Black garments, etc.

   "Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like show death terrible."

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of black form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Proper Noun

1. 1
   plural of Black form-of, plural

Synonyms

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smoked irish

Example

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"Some Blacks seek more radical solutions."

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