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- adjective
superlative form ofpitchy : mostpitchy .
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Examples
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The cold, grey light of earliest morning, that light which is rather the fading of night than the coming of day, filled the room with a faint hue, more cheerless than pitchiest darkness.
Dr. Heidenhoff's Process Edward Bellamy 1874
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The range of this portrait painter's palette is from pitchiest black to most dazzling white, as of snow smitten by sunlight.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Alexander Maclaren 1868
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He makes his berth an Aladdin's lamp, and lays him down in it; so that in the pitchiest night the ship's black hull still houses an illumination.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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Aladdin's lamp, and lays him down in it; so that in the pitchiest night the ship's black hull still houses an illumination.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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He makes his berth an Aladdin's lamp, and lays him down in it; so that in the pitchiest night the ship's black hull still houses an illumination.
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Adam Lambert performs on Brace yourself for the pitchiest night of TV, Dawg.
WN.com - Articles related to Beyonce and Megan are ready to set the house on fire! 2010
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He makes his berth an Aladdin’s lamp, and lays him down in it; so that in the pitchiest night the ship’s black hull still houses an illumination.
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