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Meaning of strange fruit | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A person who has been lynched by hanging; such people collectively.

uncountable

Examples

“We speak⟳ for the brothers behind bars whose words, at the very least, must be liberated We speak⟳ for the strange fruit hung from trees We speak⟳ for the brothers who drowned in alcohol, and whose spirits were pierced by needles”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

strange loop strange matter strange quark strange star strange woman strange-horned toad

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