Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various dark-colored, chiefly nonvenomous snakes, such as the black racer or a black-colored rat snake.
- noun A long, tapering, braided rawhide or leather whip with a snapper on the end.
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- noun Any of several relatively harmless
North American snakes . - noun US A long, tapering
whip .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large harmless shiny black North American snake
- noun blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet
Etymologies
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Examples
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An animal control officer removed a healthy blacksnake from a woman's basement and returned it to the wild.
Prince George's County Animal Watch Post 2010
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Karayilan -- his name is Turkish for "blacksnake" -- is a hunted man.
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Maurice gathered the lines firmly, seized his "blacksnake," and, with a low whistle, urged his animals, that bounded forward, snorting with fear as a crack of thunder followed, booming down the gorges with deafening echoes.
The Shagganappi 1913
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The overseer, a great strong man, cracking his "blacksnake" from time to time, to enforce authority, excited our strong indignation.
'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve 1863
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"blacksnake," and, with a low whistle, urged his animals, that bounded forward, snorting with fear as a crack of thunder followed, booming down the gorges with deafening echoes.
The Shagganappi E. Pauline Johnson 1887
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The rope, fast to the block and following it, lashed about like a blacksnake, and, though the block fell clear of Mr. Mellaire, the bight of the rope snatched off his cap.
CHAPTER XLII 2010
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An animal control officer removed a healthy blacksnake found in the living room of a residence and returned it to the wild.
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An officer removed a healthy blacksnake and returned it to the wild.
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An officer removed a healthy blacksnake and returned it to the wild.
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A humane society field agent was dispatched in response to a homeowner's call to the division about a large blacksnake in a bathroom.
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