"long black" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-long black.ogg [Australia] Forms: long blacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} long black (plural long blacks)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A regular-sized cup of espresso coffee without milk, being a diluted version of a short black. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand Categories (topical): Coffee Related terms: short black, flat white

Inflected forms

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