| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Black Letter Day | Literature | 1: Matthias: Pursuits of Literature. 2: An unlucky day; one to be recalled with regret. The Romans marked their unlucky days with a piece of black charcoal, and their lucky ones with white chalk. 3: That from Gothic kennels eager strut." 4: "By fell black-letter dogs... 5: Black-letter dogs. Literary antiquaries who poke and pry into every hole and corner to find out black-letter copies of books. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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