Blackmur
R(ichard) P(almer) 1904–65, U.S. critic and poet.
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the extinguishing or concealment of all visible lights in a city, military post, etc., usually as a precaution against air raids. a period during a massive power failure when the lack of electricity for illumination results in utter darkness except from emergency sources, as candles. Theater. the extinguishing of all stage lights, as in closing […]
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noun a residential district in SE London, mainly in the boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich: a large heath formerly notorious for highwaymen Historical Examples Demonology and Devil-lore Moncure Daniel Conway The Return of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2) Luke Tyerman Richard II Jacob Abbott […]
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