Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coin of the Hanse Towns, equal to one fifth of a groat.
- noun A double lurch or double schneider. In skat, if the adversaries of the single player fail to make a point, they are schwarz. In sixty-six, if a player fails to win a trick, he is schwarz. See
Schneider .
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Examples
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In fact, the word shvartz does derive from the German word schwarz, meaning “black.”
Tessie and Pearlie JOY HOROWITZ 1996
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The modern German spelling of the color black is "schwarz" without a "t".
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And he also coupled "schwarz -" with some strange nouns, in the German fragments that came through.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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If the players win all tricks, they win '' schwarz ''. played by three or more players with a pack of 32 or 24 cards.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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If the players win all tricks, they win '' schwarz ''.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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It was there too in Simon Jenkins's remark on Monday that the city is "a place transformed" he did also grouse about "banal postwar architecture", which, coming from a Londoner, smacks of the pot calling the kettle schwarz.
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The stout is brewed for the restaurant by the Kilkeel brewery in Whitewater, and like a German schwarz beer, it is full of chocolatey roasted flavours but is surprisingly light and crisp.
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The whole team is super excited to officially be launching the a.d. schwarz line for the first time in New York with some limited quantities of handwrought sustainably-harvested wood jewelry and Sofala plates.
Summer Rayne Oakes: High-End African Design Debuts in New York, NY 2009
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The Sofala Plate is one of the most popular and iconic pieces of the a.d. schwarz collection.
Summer Rayne Oakes: High-End African Design Debuts in New York, NY 2009
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I think you're right ... schwarz, rot, gelb/gold, top to bottom.
Hillary-Backer Ed Rendell Suggests Obama Ask Hillary To Be Veep 2009
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