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black lead

American

[led] / lɛd /

noun

Mineralogy.

graphite; plumbago.

black lead British

/ lɛd /

noun

another name for graphite

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Etymology

Origin of black lead

First recorded in 1575–85

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black lead

ABC has cast its first black lead to front “The Bachelorette.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024

The attorney was the first black lead ever cast in the franchise's history when she was named as the Bachelorette for Season 13.

From Fox News ● Jun. 12, 2020

Underneath their roots was a strange, shiny black substance that was initially dubbed "black lead".

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2019

Also released in 2017, Mafia III was a departure for the gangster-themed series, featuring the debut of its first black lead, Vietnam veteran Lincoln Clay.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2018

There--this wall ornamented with black lead, Natalie remembers, and here--the large mass of formless shadow--is not that the Catholic church?

From Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso by Ossip Schubin

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