black shag

noun

1. Also called: kawau. a large dark-coloured shag, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandis , of Australasian waters

Example Sentences

Trading her flowing red hair for a black shag and dressing in dark clothing, Chastain captures Annabel’s fear of motherhood and a settled life, which she views as a more concrete threat than any spectral creature.

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When we raised the money, we rented a small studio apartment in South San Francisco with thick black shag carpeting and we got some tables and chairs and a white board.

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A lank black shag: think Joan Jett after a week-long bender.

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Nestling together, they kept one another warm; gradually Black Shag found herself able to leave them for longer and longer periods.

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"Learn to swim and fish for yourselves," cried Black Shag, and she tumbled them one by one into the water below.

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