dark as Egypt in English

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  "etymology_text": "Referencing the ninth plague (Exodus 10:21-23). Cf. Egyptian darkness.",
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          "ref": "1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon:",
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"dark as Egypt" meaning in English

Adjective