Darkmans

//ˈdɑːkmənz// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The night. UK, obsolete, uncountable

    "I have, by the salomon, a doxy that carries a kinchin mort in her slate at her back, besides my dell and my dainty wild dell, with all whom I'll tumble this next darkmans in the strommel […]"

Example

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"I have, by the salomon, a doxy that carries a kinchin mort in her slate at her back, besides my dell and my dainty wild dell, with all whom I'll tumble this next darkmans in the strommel […]"

Etymology

From dark + -mans.

Related phrases

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