black lead
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of black lead
First recorded in 1575–85
Example Sentences
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ABC has cast its first black lead to front “The Bachelorette.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
Even The Bachelor has named its first black lead.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2020
Former "Bachelorette" Rachel Lindsay, the only black lead the show has had, also spoke out.
From Fox News ● May 18, 2020
Underneath their roots was a strange, shiny black substance that was initially dubbed "black lead".
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2019
A still more powerful flux than this is made out of ashes of black lead, saltpetre, orpiment, stibium, and dried lees of the aqua with which gold workers separate gold from silver.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
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