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Meanings of black crape in English

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Usage of black crape in English
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And he pointed to the band of black crape on his arm.
The Devil's Garden
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They are dressed in black crape and their heads are shaved.
Madame Chrysantheme — Volume 3
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Prince Zeno escorted Malvina Darvid, who was all in tears and black crape.
The Argonauts
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And Monsieur plaintively fixed his eyes on the black crape upon his hat.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 / A Maga...
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I am off for a black crape, or a Barcelona kerchief.
Vivian Grey
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Her travelling suit of black bombazine, trimmed with black crape, was laid out.
The Lost Lady of Lone
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How much is bid for all this piety done up in black crape?'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 / Devoted t...
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Often, several lay dead in a single house; from the windows hung black crape.
Life on the Mississippi
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You thought of black crape, bunched up weepers, red faces.
Mary Olivier: a Life
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But then Mrs. Waule always has black crape on.
Middlemarch
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Although her gown was purple, there was a little black crape bow upon each arm.
The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament
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The American flag was enshrouded in black crape.
Germany, The Next Republic?
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She wore the regular court dress- alongblack robe and a large cap of black crape.
Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel
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And next morning her husband hung a scrap of black crape to each of the bee-hives.
Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches
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All the Sparhawk portraits were covered with black crape, and the family pew was draped with black.
Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.
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The younger, however, arrived with his beasts in a town which was all hung with black crape.
Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
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