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tartan noir

tartan noir noun: scottish hard-boiled crime fiction.

Noun

tartan noir (uncountable)

  1. Scottish hard-boiled crime fiction

Questions about tartan noir

What does tartan noir mean?
Tartan noir means scottish hard-boiled crime fiction.
What part of speech is tartan noir?
Tartan noir is a noun.

Words near tartan noir in the dictionary

  1. tart ring
  2. tart up
  3. Tartaglione
  4. tartan
  5. Tartan Army
  6. tartan noir
  7. tartan tax
  8. tartan taxes
  9. Tartan Tories
  10. Tartan Tory
  11. tartana

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