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black velvets

black velvets is the plural of black velvet.

Meaning of black velvet

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
  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).

Questions about black velvets

What is black velvets the plural of?
Black velvets is the plural of black velvet.

Words near black velvets in the dictionary

  1. Black Twitter
  2. black up
  3. black urine disease
  4. black velvet
  5. black velveteen
  6. black velvets
  7. black vine weevil
  8. black vine weevils
  9. Black Virgin
  10. black vomit
  11. black vulture

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