Definitions
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- adjective of red tinged with black
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Examples
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A picture of a blonde girl in a white prom dress stained a blackish-red with dried blood was shown on the billboard-sized screen.
Molecules Joe Deir 2011
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Despite her loyalty to some hideous blackish-red lipstick, her mouth came across more as dark two-dimensional lines than actual lips.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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Despite her loyalty to some hideous blackish-red lipstick, her mouth came across more as dark two-dimensional lines than actual lips.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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He bit deep, bringing a flood of blackish-red liquor that ran freely from the sides of his muzzle.
The Dark Tower King, Stephen 2004
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Properly cured meat is salt but not too salt, of a deep blackish-red, and when sliced thin, partly translucent, also of an indescribable savoriness.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams
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Meltzer was wearing an outfit - floral skirt, chunky shoes, blackish-red nail polish, leopard-print coat - that would have seemed entirely appropriate attire to go see
Salon Amy Benfer 2010
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(I'm partial to the Lockheed SR-71B Blackbird, a blackish-red spy plane that can fly 2,200 m.p.h.)
Freep.com - RSS 2010
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(I'm partial to the Lockheed SR-71B Blackbird, a blackish-red spy plane that can fly 2,200 m.p.h.)
Freep.com - RSS 2010
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Meltzer was wearing an outfit - floral skirt, chunky shoes, blackish-red nail polish, leopard-print coat - that would have seemed entirely appropriate attire to go see
Salon Amy Benfer 2010
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Meltzer was wearing an outfit - floral skirt, chunky shoes, blackish-red nail polish, leopard-print coat - that would have seemed entirely appropriate attire to go see
Salon Amy Benfer 2010
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