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black_velvet
black velvet
English
Noun
black velvet (countable and uncountable, plural black velvets)
- (Australia, uncountable, slang) An Australian aboriginal woman viewed by a white man as a sexual partner.
- 1989, John Joseph Healy, Literature and the Aborigine in Australia, page 162,
- But the Krater who introduces Mark to black velvet is totally human and, in his gestures, culpable.
- 2002, John Maynard, Aboriginal Stars of the Turf: Jockeys of Australian Racing History, page 105,
- Writer, Xavier Herbert, said that white men would refuse to work on remote stations without available Aboriginal women or ‘black velvet’.
- 1989, John Joseph Healy, Literature and the Aborigine in Australia, page 162,
- (Australia, uncountable, slang) Sexual intercourse with an Australian aboriginal woman.
- 2009, Jill Roe, Her Brilliant Career: The Life of Stella Miles Franklin, page 494,
- Black velvet — that is, the sexual abuse of Aboriginal women — had become highly topical with the publication of Coonardoo and Capricornia, and Miles′ choices in this area still seem reasonable.
- 2009, Jill Roe, Her Brilliant Career: The Life of Stella Miles Franklin, page 494,
- (Britain, Ireland, countable) A cocktail of stout and champagne.
Derived terms
References
- R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-553099-3, page 212.