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black over Bill's mother's

black over Bill's mother's adjective: describing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.

Adjective

black over Bill's mother's (not comparable)

  1. (East-Midlands, idiomatic) Describing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.
    • “It looks a bit black over Bill's mother's,” I said. “I don't like the look of them bleeding clouds for one minute.”2000, Roy Holland, Just a Bit Touched: Tales of Perspective, page 51
    • “Oh, that's nice.” said Mrs Jones looking out of the window at the rain. “It has gone real black over Bill's mother's,” she said using one of the old sayings from around those parts.2008, Amy Cornes Torr, One Potato Two Potato: Woolley Jones II, page 136

Questions about black over Bill's mother's

What does black over Bill's mother's mean?
Black over Bill's mother's means describing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.
What part of speech is black over Bill's mother's?
Black over Bill's mother's is an adjective.

Words near black over Bill's mother's in the dictionary

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  4. black oven
  5. black ovens
  6. black over Bill's mother's
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  8. black oxides
  9. black pacu
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  11. black palmer

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