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- noun Alternative spelling of
blacky .
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Examples
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A fat young blackie is better eating than the elk IMO.
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Even a small blackie is a very strong animal but they all die if you hit them right with sufficient energy and penetration.
Some Odds and Ends 2007
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They remind one of those by Hine, Newman, and the rest, in the old "blackie" days, and are often little masterpieces of comic ingenuity -- as may be seen in "Shooting over an Extensive Moor," where a man is discharging his weapon over the portly figure of a Moorish gentleman.
The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann
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You can put the 'blackie' up in some quarter of the house where he can move about at will without disturbing any of your own servants, and can get in and out at all hours; he will be useful, you know, in prowling about the grounds at night and ascertaining if the lady really does go to bed when she retires to her room.
Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Thomas W. Hanshew 1885
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You can put the 'blackie' up in some quarter of the house where he can move about at will without disturbing any of your own servants and can get in and out at all hours; he will be useful, you know, in prowling about the grounds at night and ascertaining if the lady really does go to bed when she retires to her room.
Cleek, the Master Detective Thomas W. Hanshew 1885
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'blackie' above seems to demonstrate the old & obvious notion of Fritz Perls that,
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I knew a guy that had a 45-70 lever gun jam after he shot a big blackie in Alaska.
I'm looking for a good back country rifle to guard against black bear on Vancouver Island. 2009
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Filed under Celluloid, Roundup, Vinyl · Tagged with book of love, boston blackie
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Filed under Celluloid, Roundup, Vinyl · Tagged with book of love, boston blackie
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I knew a guy that had a 45-70 lever gun jam after he shot a big blackie in Alaska.
I'm looking for a good back country rifle to guard against black bear on Vancouver Island. 2009
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