Black Joke
(also coal-black joke)
noun
(The name of) a tune used for popular songs and dances.
- In the 18th cent. the tune was frequently used for bawdy songs in whose refrain ‘black joke’ refers to the female genitals..
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Charles Coffey (d. 1745), writer.
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