Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sheet-iron plate before it is tinned.
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Examples
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It took several weeks before I realised that the black-plate limitation has gone, dodo-ised.
Archive 2010-06-01 Stroppy Author 2010
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It took several weeks before I realised that the black-plate limitation has gone, dodo-ised.
Going digital (2) - the i-book, those crows, that bucket, and a bunch of differences Stroppy Author 2010
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Taking black-plate sky-taxis is not safe, as their drivers tend to fight for then fleece passengers.
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Taking black-plate sky-taxis is not safe, as their drivers tend to fight for then fleece passengers.
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Texas Red drew, and he was smooth and that meant he was fast, and he cocked as the gun came up, fired from instinct honed on practice, and sent a wad of lead to bang hard off and knock down José Mendoza’s black-plate chest, another to gut the black-plate belly of Frank Mendoza, and—dammit—a third which just missed Jimmy Mendoza in the black plate.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Texas Red drew, and he was smooth and that meant he was fast, and he cocked as the gun came up, fired from instinct honed on practice, and sent a wad of lead to bang hard off and knock down José Mendoza’s black-plate chest, another to gut the black-plate belly of Frank Mendoza, and—dammit—a third which just missed Jimmy Mendoza in the black plate.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Texas Red drew, and he was smooth and that meant he was fast, and he cocked as the gun came up, fired from instinct honed on practice, and sent a wad of lead to bang hard off and knock down José Mendoza’s black-plate chest, another to gut the black-plate belly of Frank Mendoza, and—dammit—a third which just missed Jimmy Mendoza in the black plate.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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