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Definition of Blackwash

1. Verb. Bring (information) out of concealment.

2. Noun. An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation.

3. Verb. Color with blackwash.

4. Noun. A mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores.

5. Noun. A wash that colors a surface black.

Definition of Blackwash

1. Noun. (slang) (New Zealand) a whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team (also known as a ''blackout'') ¹

2. Noun. (slang) (cricket) a whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team ¹

3. Noun. (slang) (coal mine) public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify excusion from carbon taxes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Blackwash

1. 1. A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water. 2. A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny. "To remove as far as he can the modern layers of black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul, be seen." (C. Kingsley) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackwash

blacktail prairie dog blacktails blackthorns blacktip blacktip shark blacktips blacktop blacktopped blacktopping blacktops

blacktress blacktresses blackware blackwares blackwash (current term) blackwashes blackwater fever blackwaters blackwit blackwits

blackwood blackwood tree blackwoods blackwork blackworm blacky blad bladded

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