BLACK STRAP

Domain	Definition
Literature	Black Strap Bad port wine. A sailor's name for any bad liquor. In North America, "Black-strap" is a mixture of rum and molasses, sometimes vinegar is added. "The seething blackstrap was pronounced ready for use."- Pinkerton: Molly Magaires, chap. xvii. p. 174. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	BLACK STRAP. Bene Carlo wine; also port. A task of labour imposed on soldiers at Gibraltar, as a punishment for small offences. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Modern Usage: BLACK STRAP

Domain	Usage
Song Titles	Black Strap Molassas (performing artist: Jimmy Durante)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BLACK STRAP

Anagrams: BLACK STRAP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-k-l-p-r-s-t"
	-2 letters: backslap, caltraps.
	-3 letters: caltrap, carpals.
	-4 letters: altars, astral, basalt, blacks, bracts, cabals, carats, carpal, claspt, craals, kabars, kalpas, karats, kraals, lascar, parkas, pascal, placks, rabats, rascal, ratals, sacral, satrap, scalar, scarab, tablas, talars, tarsal, tracks.
	-5 letters: aback, alack, albas, altar, apart, araks, artal, ataps, atlas, baals, backs, balas, balks, balsa, barks, basal, black, blast.
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Alternative Orthography: BLACK STRAP

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Expression	Frequency per Day
black strap	26
black strap molasses	19
black strap hinge	7
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Specialty Definition: BLACK STRAP