blacking
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It was after a lot of headaches and copious administration of minyok rima (Tiger balm) did I suspect that blakeng came from the English word "blacking".
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- noun See lampblack.
- noun A preparation, such as a shoe or stove polish, that is used to impart a black color.
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- I had established a boot-blacking business which I pushed in my spare time for several years. — The Iron Puddler
- He was raising (to gratify a very young lady, it is said) a crop of whiskers, of the blacking-brush variety, coarse, stiff, and ungraceful; and in so doing spoiled, or at least seriously impaired, a face which, though never handsome, had in its original state a peculiar power and pathos. — The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln
- Every last bit of the blacking, and most of the dye as well, came away and formed into a neat, glistening sphere that floated in the air, leaving the leather decidedly gray. — Knife of Dreams
- Her voice turned slightly arrogant as she said, "Now please. — Cold Case
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It was after a lot of headaches and copious administration of minyok rima (Tiger balm) did I suspect that blakeng came from the English word "blacking".
— Di Bawah Rang Ikang Kering
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- Verbal noun of black, v.
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