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Black Letter

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The Gothic or German type, So called because of its black appearance. The initial items of this book are now called “black letter,” sometimes calledClarendon type.”

 

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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 Friday
Black Game
Black Genevan (A)
Black-guards
Black Hole of Calcutta
Black Horse
Black Jack
Black Jack (A)
Black Joke
Black Leg
Black Letter
Black Letter Day
Black Lists
Black Looks
Black Mail
Black Man (The)
Black Maria
Black Monday
Black Money
Black Ox
Black Parliament