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black snake

noun

Definitions

  1. Any of certain snakes that are black in colour

    Any of certain snakes that are black in colour:

  2. A kind of firework that creates a snake-like formation of ash via an intumescent reaction.

  3. Alternative form of blacksnake (“whip”).

    • All at once I saw a strange man coming across the diamond with a black snake whip in his hand.
    • His punishment was fixed at thirty-nine lashes with a black snake whip […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA