black velvet

noun

a cocktail made with stout and champagne.

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Origin of black velvet

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby black velvet

blacktop, Blacktown, black tracker, black treacle, black tree fern, black velvet, Black Volta, black vomit, black vulture, Blackwall hitch, black walnut

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Example sentences from the Web for black velvet

In the corners of the long room, black-velvet shadows lurked as the yellow candle flame moved.
The Drunkard|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
We always speak of these black-velvet parts as dowager bits.
Gigolo|Edna Ferber
With September comes the nuptial badge, the black-velvet bib.
The Life of the Spider|J. Henri Fabre
The Bee herself is a magnificent insect, with dark-violet wings and a black-velvet dress.
Insect Adventures|J. Henri Fabre

The men with the black-velvet covered shields, all stuck full of "souvenirs," are here, and the men with the little canes.
Back Home|Eugene Wood

British Dictionary definitions for black velvet

black velvet

noun

a mixture of stout and champagne in equal proportions

Australian slang Aboriginal women as sexual partners

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