"black over Bill's mother's" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-black over Bill's mother's.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adjective|-}} black over Bill's mother's (not comparable)
  1. (East Midlands, idiomatic) Describing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon. Tags: East-Midlands, idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-black_over_Bill's_mother's-en-adj-WHIrQhqf Categories (other): East Midlands English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2000, Roy Holland, Just a Bit Touched: Tales of Perspective, page 51:",
          "text": "“It looks a bit black over Bill's mother's,” I said. “I don't like the look of them bleeding clouds for one minute.”",
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          "ref": "2008, Amy Cornes Torr, One Potato Two Potato: Woolley Jones II, page 136:",
          "text": "“Oh, that's nice.” said Mrs Jones looking out of the window at the rain. “It has gone real black over Bill's mother's,” she said using one of the old sayings from around those parts.",
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          "text": "Lalla puffed contentedly at his pipe. Then he removed it, spat, and looked at the sky. “It's getting black over Bill's mother's. We ought to be making a start.”",
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