drop black
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The young bucks drop black bean sauce or sriracha on and fold it like a taco.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2019
A towering cliff stood behind them, a sheer drop, black and faceless.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
A good weathered oak stain may be made by mixing a little drop black ground in oil with turpentine and a little linseed oil.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
Tallow and "japan drop black" mixed, and apply while stack is hot, with an occasional rubbing over with the same, will remain bright a long time.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 by Various
And how their leaves would drop, black and shrivelled, a black harvest to strew the lawn.
From Moor Fires by Young, E. H. (Emily Hilda)
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