black quarter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of black quarter
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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He started his football playing on small pitches in Overvecht, the 'black' quarter of Utrecht, where PSV scouts picked him up at the age of 17.
From The Guardian
Afellay started on small pitches in the 'black' quarter of Overvecht, where PSV scouts picked him up at the age of 17.
From The Guardian
Mr. Hahn said only one of the horses that died in the fire was his: Mr. Hollywood, a pedigreed black quarter horse that he had bred and raised from a foal.
From New York Times
The common practice is to deplete by blood-letting, which only protracts the malady, and often brings on typhus, black quarter, joint murrain, &c.
From Project Gutenberg
Blackleg, black quarter, quarter ill, symptomatic anthrax, charbon symptomatique of the French, Rauschbrand of the Germans, is a rapidly fatal, infectious disease of young cattle, associated with external swellings which emit a crackling sound when handled.
From Project Gutenberg
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