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dark meat
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noun
meat that is dark in appearance after cooking, especially a leg or thigh of chicken or turkey (distinguished from white meat).
Slang: Vulgar. a Black person, considered as a sexual partner.
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Origin of dark meat
An Americanism dating back to 1855β60
Words nearby dark meat
darkle, darkling, darkling beetle, darkly, dark matter, dark meat, dark mineral, dark money, dark nebula, darkness, dark of the moon
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