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black shag

British  

noun

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

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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.

From The Verge

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.

From Washington Post

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

From The Guardian

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

From Project Gutenberg

"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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