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blacksnake

or black snake

[ blak-sneyk ]

noun

  1. Also called black racer. a blackish racer, Coluber constrictor subspecies, of the eastern U.S., that grows to a length of 6 feet (1.8 meters).
  2. any of various other snakes of a black or very dark color.
  3. a heavy, tapering, flexible whip of braided cowhide or the like.


blacksnake

/ 藞产濒忙办藢蝉苍别瑟办 /

noun

  1. any of several Old World black venomous elapid snakes, esp Pseudechis porphyriacus ( Australian blacksnake )
  2. any of various dark nonvenomous snakes, such as Coluber constrictor (black racer)
  3. a long heavy pliant whip of braided leather or rawhide
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of blacksnake1

An Americanism dating back to 1625鈥35; black + snake
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A student found an unlikely surprise in her elementary school desk this week: a three-foot blacksnake.

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He has been known to come face to face with blacksnakes and hornets.

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His slim frame writhing like a blacksnake, Sforzini activated a third hoop and a fourth, each moving in a different direction, spinning, beating on.

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The fact that it was only a large blacksnake and non-poisonous made 114 no difference at that moment to the dog or to the little girl鈥攏or to Joseph Stagg when he saw it.

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The brute swung the blacksnake鈥攖his time in earnest.

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