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Black Ox

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The black ox has trod on his footi.e. misfortune has come to him. Black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto and other infernal deities.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Black Letter
Black Letter Day
Black Lists
Black Looks
Black Mail
Black Man (The)
Black Maria
Black Monday
Black Money
Black Ox
Black Parliament
Black Prince
Black Republicans
Black Rod
Black Rood of Sootland
Black Russia
Black Saturday
Black Sea
Black Sheep [Kârâ-Koin-loo]
Black Standard