Blackouts
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈblækaʊts/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Blackouts is a noun meaning plural of blackout.
Meaning
plural of blackout.
More Meanings
- (military, slang, historical) Long, dark-coloured underwear worn by the WAAF in winter.
Example Sentences
[…] her blackouts. When the Officer inspected everything went well. The only thing was that two of our WAAF were not wearing any knickers at all!
We had what were called the ‘blackouts’ and ‘twilights’. The blackouts were a dark sort of long-legged knickers, dark wintry ones, and the twilights were a lighter blue in a sort of Celanese material.
Word Forms
- black-outs
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