"smoky black" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smoky blacks [plural]
Rhymes: -æk Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} smoky black (countable and uncountable, plural smoky blacks)
  1. A coat colour of horses that is either black or slightly lighter than black. Wikipedia link: smoky black Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Blacks
    Sense id: en-smoky_black-en-noun-orMF49lL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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