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Meanings of pitchy in English

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pitchy

Basshunter song.

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        pitchy

        Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal.

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              Having the characteristics of pitch or tar.

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                    Usage of pitchy in English
                    1
                    On one side, glaring dazzling light; on the other, cavernous pitchy darkness.
                    All Around the Moon
                    2
                    The staircase was a winding one and led down into pitchy darkness.
                    The Phantom of the Opera
                    3
                    Above that round yellow ray, faces were unrecognizable in the pitchy blackness.
                    Captivating Mary Carstairs
                    4
                    The night was quite dark, but not what is called pitchy dark.
                    Driven from Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience
                    5
                    A raw wind, driving snow, pitchy darkness, slush and everything objectionable underfoot.
                    The Hosts of the Air
                    6
                    The pitchy darkness closed in ahead, hiding everything, even the peaks and ridges.
                    The Guns of Shiloh: A Story of the Great Western Campaign
                    7
                    On the ledge above the shop you see another pitchy building.
                    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867 / A Magazin...
                    8
                    Night had now fallen and pitchy darkness had taken possession of the forest.
                    Fighting in France
                    9
                    No sound: the stairs stretched up before her into pitchy darkness.
                    Hetty Wesley
                    10
                    It is mid-day but it is pitchy dark, and it is not warm.
                    The Worst Journey in the World / Antarctic 1910-1913
                    11
                    The body is slightly yellowish, and variously streaked and banded with pitchy black.
                    Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
                    12
                    If our lanterns went out, we should be in pitchy darkness.
                    Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy
                    13
                    Nor did the pitchy darkness yield a jot to his now accustomed eyes.
                    The Crimson Blind
                    14
                    It was pitchy dark, with a most villainous storm of rain and wind.
                    The Forest Lovers
                    15
                    He hunted up two pitchy sticks and set them both alight.
                    The Iron Star — And What It Saw on Its Journey Through the Ages ...
                    16
                    Even in the pitchy gloom I could feel that Tom's step was buoyant.
                    Dead Man's Rock
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