black velvet


noun
  1. a cocktail made with stout and champagne.

Origin of black velvet

1
First recorded in 1925–30

Words Nearby black velvet

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How to use black velvet in a sentence

  • Seized with affright, the princess recoiled to where an ivory crucifix gleamed on a black velvet background.

    Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumas
  • The silvery whiteness of the old man's beard was heightened by a robe of black velvet; his brow was like a marble dome.

    Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for black velvet

black velvet

noun
  1. a mixture of stout and champagne in equal proportions

  2. Australian slang Aboriginal women as sexual partners

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