"black velvet" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 black velvet.ogg [Australia] Forms: black velvets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} black velvet (countable and uncountable, plural black velvets)
  1. (Australia, uncountable, slang) An Australian aboriginal woman viewed by a white man as a sexual partner. Tags: Australia, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-black_velvet-en-noun-DW0t2eLm Disambiguation of People: 72 5 23 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 30 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 31 10 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 56 32 12
  2. (Australia, uncountable, slang) Sexual intercourse with an Australian aboriginal woman. Tags: Australia, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-black_velvet-en-noun-1AUP4eZk Categories (other): Australian English
  3. (countable, uncountable) A cocktail of stout and champagne (or sometimes a cheaper type of sparkling white wine). Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: poor man's black velvet
    Sense id: en-black_velvet-en-noun-SASUCbWM

Inflected forms

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