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black velvet

black velvet noun: australian aboriginal women with whom white men have sex.

Noun

black velvet (countable and uncountable, plural black velvets)

  1. (Australia, slang, uncountable) Australian aboriginal women with whom white men have sex.
    • ‘Just can’t imagine anybody else havin’ a go at your missus while you’re away chasing black velvet in Mt Isa, can ya?’1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 125
    • But the Krater who introduces Mark to black velvet is totally human and, in his gestures, culpable.1989, John Joseph Healy, Literature and the Aborigine in Australia, page 162
  2. (Australia, slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse with an Australian aboriginal woman.
    • Black velvet — that is, the sexual abuse of Aboriginal women — had become highly topical with the publication of Coonardoo and Capricornia, and Miles’ choices in this area still seem reasonable.2009, Jill Roe, Her Brilliant Career: The Life of Stella Miles Franklin, page 494
  3. A cocktail of stout and champagne (or sometimes a cheaper type of sparkling white wine).

Forms of black velvet

pluralblack velvets

Words formed from black velvet

Questions about black velvet

What does black velvet mean?
Black velvet means australian aboriginal women with whom white men have sex.
What part of speech is black velvet?
Black velvet is a noun.
What is the plural of black velvet?
The plural of black velvet is black velvets.

Words near black velvet in the dictionary

  1. black turtle beans
  2. Black Turtle of the North
  3. Black Twitter
  4. black up
  5. black urine disease
  6. black velvet
  7. black velveteen
  8. black velvets
  9. black vine weevil
  10. black vine weevils
  11. Black Virgin

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