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black as a skillet |
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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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The nature of blackness is 'unfathomable', he argues, before pointing out that all of the gods we humans have created (or that maybe really existed) -- Krishna, Buddha, Zeus, Osiris and the second division Mexican god Ixtliton -- were as black as the ace of spades. “It’s a lovely little girl: black as the ace of spades. “It’s a lovely little girl: black as the ace of spades. |
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