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 Black Sheep [Kârâ-Koin-loo].Bla&cgrave;k Strap. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Black Standard.
 
The dress, turbans, and standards of the Abbasside caliphs were all black. (D’Herbelot.)   1
 


 Black Sheep [Kârâ-Koin-loo].Bla&cgrave;k Strap. 

 
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