black head

[Jonathan Lighter]

Sounds like Standard American English to me.

JL

"Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
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Is "black head" (as in a pimple or skin blemish) slang? I would have
thought it to be relatively standard, but couldn't find it in the OED
online.

I found an 1871 newspaper ad mentioning it.


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