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blackface
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black·face  (blkfs)
n.
1. Makeup for a conventionalized comic travesty of Black people, especially in a minstrel show.
2. An actor wearing such makeup in a minstrel show.
blackface [ˈblækˌfeɪs]
n
1. (Performing Arts / Theatre)
a.  a performer made up to imitate a Black person
b.  the make-up used by such a performer, usually consisting of burnt cork
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a breed of sheep having a dark face
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Noun1.blackface - the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negroblackface - the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro
makeup, war paint, make-up - cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
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Ewes with singles: Texels pounds 66 Uppercleugh, pounds 60 Kinning Hall; Greyfaces pounds 56 Uppercleugh, pounds 54 Drumcork, pounds 53 Kinning Hall; Blackfaces pounds 30 Over Cassock; Swaledales pounds 29 Greenleycleugh.
MARTS by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Frank Hall will be master judge and will be assessing nine classes of Blackfaces supplied from the Tinnis, Kirkstead, Carrick, Sewingshields, Edges Green and Nilston Rigg flocks, Blue-faced Leicesters from Gallowshill, Mules from Lowesfell and Swaledales from Stonehall.
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Ewe hoggs to pounds 40 for Greyfaces from Townfoot, Eals with Blackfaces to pounds 36.
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