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*black as a skillet and *black as a stack of black cats; *black as a sweep; *black as coal; *black as night; *black as pitch; *black as the ace of spades completely dark or black. (*Also: as ~.) I don't want to go down to the cellar. It's as black as a skillet down there. Her hair was black as a stack of black cats. After playing in the mud all morning, the children were as black as night. The stranger's clothes were all black as pitch. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Black as dark chocolate, black as night, black as coal," he or she wrote. Made by using vodka as black as night and frightful garnishes, these cocktails will bring supernatural life to any holiday gathering. A little later another train hoots, but in a different key, eerie but not menacingly so, a dog barks, playfully, and you're transported to the American West, swinging on the porch, under a huge dome-like sky, black as night, watching the stars come out. |
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