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Specialty Expressions: BLACK JOKE

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Black jokeLiteratureAn old tune, now called The Sprig of Shillelagh. Tom Moore has adapted words to the tune, beginning, "Sublime was the warning which Liberty spoke." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Black jokeSlang in 1811BLACK JOKE. A popular tune to a song, having for the burden, "Her black joke and belly so white:" figuratively the black joke signifies the monosyllable. See MONOSYLLABLE. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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