English Explanatory Dictionary

blackride

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A student prank in the early 1800s that involved students wearing red coats, blackening their faces, and riding about campus with torches at night on horses stolen from the faculty.

Word forms

blackride blackrides

Etymology

From black + ride.

Derived words

blackrider
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