"black fax" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black faxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} black fax (plural black faxes)
  1. A prank fax transmission whose pages are entirely filled with a uniform black tone, so as to waste the ink of the recipient. Wikipedia link: black fax
    Sense id: en-black_fax-en-noun--M-BtqhH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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