Meaning of Blackouts | Babel Free
ˈblækaʊtsDefinitions
Long, dark-coloured underwear worn by the WAAF in winter.
historical, plural, plural-only, slang
Examples
“[…] 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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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