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midnight in a coal mine

midnight in a coal mine noun: a state of pitch-blackness.

Noun

midnight in a coal mine (uncountable)

  1. (simile) A state of pitch-blackness.

Questions about midnight in a coal mine

What does midnight in a coal mine mean?
Midnight in a coal mine means a state of pitch-blackness.
What part of speech is midnight in a coal mine?
Midnight in a coal mine is a noun.

Words near midnight in a coal mine in the dictionary

  1. midnight chow
  2. midnight feast
  3. midnight feasts
  4. midnight horror
  5. midnight horrors
  6. midnight in a coal mine
  7. midnight mass
  8. midnight masses
  9. midnight movie
  10. midnight movies
  11. midnight munchies

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