Meanings
proper nounBlack Pete (plural Black Petes)
plural Black Petes
- alternativeAlternative form of Black Peter.
After riding off on a white horse, Sinterklaas is said to roam the country until December 5th, when he lands on Dutch roofs and sends his Black Petes down chimneys to deliver gifts to good little girls and boys.
2013 November 4, Sally McGrane, “The Netherlands Confronts Black Pete”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2014
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