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black-letter
adj 3
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2ADJ.
old
BLACK-LETTER + NOUN
bo, man, manuscript
Definitions
adj
1
Written or printed in black letter.
a black-letter manuscript or book
In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the W.C. some leaves of an old black-letter book.
2
Given to the study of books in black letter; old-fashioned.
Kemble, a black-letter man!
3
Of or relating to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days; unlucky; inauspicious.
black-letter days
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a black-letter manuscript or book
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In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the W.C. some leaves of an old black-letter bo
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Kemble, a black-letter man!
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