单词 | pitchy dark |
释义 | > as lemmaspitchy dark pitchy dark adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > intensely dark pitchya1522 Cimmerian1598 pitch dark1704 pit-mirk1728 pitchy dark1732 pitch mirk?1795 as black, or ugly, as sin1827 1732 tr. A. F. Prévost d'Exiles Life Mr. Cleveland (new ed.) I. 171 'Twas so pitchy dark, that our companions did not miss us immediately. 1800 Naval Chron. 4 436 The night being pitchy dark. 1875 J. C. Wilcocks Sea-fisherman (ed. 3) 190 They will bite when it is so pitchy dark that you cannot see to bait your hook. 1994 Times (Nexis) 18 Feb. It was pitchy dark and I watched this little pipe being passed around, this tiny orange glow. < as lemmas |
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