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Meanings of black joke in anglès

rus
чёрный юмор
portuguès
humor macabro
català
humor negre
espanyol
comedia negra
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Comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor.

Related terms
humor negre
Usage of black joke in anglès
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Sure, here's what, tell me this is a joke, a sick, black joke on Rory Doll's part.
The bourne objective
2
It's meant to be a black joke, but Johanna doesn't seem to take it in the intended spirit.
The Jennifer Morgue
3
Humans will be a black joke.
The Guardian
4
This is a black joke about the food chain and the survival of the fittest and his Mr Fox is part of this process.
The Guardian
5
According to one account, even Black joked that one day they might all be prosecuted.
The Guardian
6
The gun was called the Black Joke.
Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
7
The Black Joke firemen didn't waste time.
New york: the novel
8
Her sables are a perpetual " Black Joke."
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 / Letters 1821-184...
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A series of "disposable little black jokes", according to Shearsmith, although he also hopes the episodes stand up to repeat viewing.
The Guardian
10
The blackest of black jokes, waiting in the wings for most of the novel, not to keep it funny but to keep it sad.
Catch-22
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A little rigging was cut; but we set this down as light work compared to what the old Black Joke had seen that day month.
Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
12
The crowd saw too, and sent up a roar of approval, as, dressed in their full firefighting gear, the entire Black Joke Engine Company No.
New york: the novel
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