black cat

collocation in English

meaningsofblackandcat

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black
adjective
uk
/blæk/us
/blæk/
having the darkest colour there is, like the colour of coal or of a very ...
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cat
noun[C]
uk
/kæt/us
/kæt/
a small animal with fur, four legs, a tail, and claws, usually kept as a pet or for ...
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(Definition ofblackandcatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She has a number of familiars including ablackcat.
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At that time a skinny,blackcatwalked into the striker's camp.
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She even finds that the feralblackcatthat wanders around the house in the real world can talk.
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The attic has an olde worlde appearance, complete with trunks of cast away junk, globes and the customaryblackcatstrolling about.
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Sometimes the tabby pattern is not completely suppressed; faint markings may appear in certain lights, even on a solidblackcat.
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Given the traditional association between black cats and witchcraft, ablackcatbone is also potentially a substitute for a human bone from a witch.
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It recounts various superstitions, including that of ablackcatcrossing the pathway.
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The ship is totally abandoned - except for ablackcat!
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Elsewhere, it is unlucky if ablackcatcrosses one's path; black cats have been associated with death and darkness.
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Her first delivery goes badly; she is caught in a powerful wind and loses theblackcattoy she is to deliver.
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For example, in the last list one could imagine their dog inside of a giant envelope, then ablackcateating an envelope.
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In it, he spoke on wool-bearing chickens and ones clothed with hair like that of ablackcat.
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As he enters it, he finds ablackcatand chases it.
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Pirates of the 18th century believed that ablackcatwould bring different kinds of luck.
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The unluckiness of ablackcatcrossing one's path is one notable example.
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He will know the price he has to pay when he sees ablackcatwith a moon shaped mark on its forehead.
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