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Black Peters

Black Peters is the plural of Black Peter.

Meaning of Black Peter

Proper noun

Black Peter (plural Black Peters)

  1. The companion of Saint Nicholas in Dutch folklore, depicted as a blackamoor.
    • The young princes are beaten up on the street and bullied at school; they are flustered by the Dutch Christmas custom of blackface Black Peters who birch the naughty while St. Nicholas rewards the nice.2000 December 10, Michael Pye, “Displaced Person”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2019

Questions about Black Peters

What is Black Peters the plural of?
Black Peters is the plural of Black Peter.

Words near Black Peters in the dictionary

  1. black pepper snake
  2. black pepper snakes
  3. black persimmon
  4. Black Pete
  5. Black Peter
  6. Black Peters
  7. Black Petes
  8. black phosphorus
  9. black piedra
  10. black pill
  11. black pilled

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