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black babies

black babies noun: third-world charities, the missions.

Noun

black babies pl (plural only)

  1. (Ireland, UK, idiomatic, plural, plural-only, potentially offensive) Third-world charities, the missions.
    • Jim met his wife when she was collecting for the black babies.

Questions about black babies

What does black babies mean?
Black babies means third-world charities, the missions.
What part of speech is black babies?
Black babies is a noun.

Words near black babies in the dictionary

  1. black ash
  2. black ashes
  3. black aurora
  4. black aurorae
  5. black auroras
  6. black babies
  7. black bag
  8. black bag job
  9. black bag jobs
  10. black bag operation
  11. black bag operations

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