black diamond

noun

1. carbonado ¹.
2. black diamonds, coal.

black diamond

noun

1. another name for carbonado 2
2. usually plural a figurative expression for coal

Word History and Origins

Origin of black diamond¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

His most expensive item was a $750,000 black diamond mink cape lined with 100,000 Austrian rhinestones.

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He has traded in his white diamond earring on his left lobe for a more discreet black diamond.

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I slather my body in Swedish Beauty Black Diamond cream with “Tingle Tanning Power.”

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The tale of the Black Diamond had disturbed her by a slow, insidious process that was worse than sudden fright.

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A gentleman asked his black diamond merchant the price of coals.

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If Titas's mother had made a black diamond basket, maybe the snake would not have bitten her.

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Two seams are worked at Franklin, and three at Black Diamond.

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He had worked as a coal porter and hence received his nickname, the Black Diamond.

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