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black-outs

black-outs is the plural of black-out.

black-outs is the alternative form of blackouts.

Meaning of blackouts

Noun

blackouts pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only, slang) Long, dark-coloured underwear worn by the WAAF in winter.
    • […] her blackouts. When the Officer inspected everything went well. The only thing was that two of our WAAF were not wearing any knickers at all!1995, Beryl E. Escott, Our Wartime Days: The WAAF in World War 2, page 35

Questions about black-outs

What is black-outs the plural of?
Black-outs is the plural of black-out.

Words near black-outs in the dictionary

  1. black-necked swan
  2. black-necked swans
  3. black-on-black
  4. black-or-white
  5. black-out
  6. black-outs
  7. black-pill
  8. black-pilled
  9. black-pilling
  10. black-pills
  11. black-pudding

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