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blackstuff

blackstuff noun: tarmac.

Noun

blackstuff (uncountable)

  1. (UK, slang) Tarmac.
    • I continue my climb along the road that once was dirt and pebbles but now is freshly paved with blackstuff.2013, Lisa Selvidge, Summer Times in the Algarve, page 130

Origin of blackstuff

From black + stuff, popularized by the 1982 BBC television series Boys from the Blackstuff.

Questions about blackstuff

What does blackstuff mean?
Blackstuff means tarmac.
What part of speech is blackstuff?
Blackstuff is a noun.

Words near blackstuff in the dictionary

  1. Blackstonian
  2. Blackstons
  3. blackstrap
  4. blackstraps
  5. blackstream
  6. blackstuff
  7. blacktag
  8. blacktags
  9. blacktail
  10. blacktails
  11. blackthorn

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