black as ink

adjective

Completely black; pitch-black.

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Meanings

adjective(as) black as ink (not comparable)
  1. not comparablesimileCompletely black; pitch-black.

    He opened a second bag and, shaking out the contents, displayed another little heap by the side of the first. "Gathered four days ago," he explained. "Why, they are as black as ink," commented Loudham. "And the, phew! aroma!"

    1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
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