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Black.

Black as a Newgate Knocker.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


*Black as a Crow (or as a raven);*

“as a raven’s wing;” as ink; as hell, i.e. hades (2 syl.), meaning death or the grave; as your hat, etc. (See SIMILES.)	1

Black.

Black as a Newgate Knocker.

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