blackie

Examples

• All

• I tell him all the stuff the vet told us about Blackie.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Not the prettiest dog, but the kids love him, and he's a great companion to Blackie and a pretty decent watchdog.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Blackie was no more than twenty yards off, looking down but still moving.

  Fiction book (1991)

• All the while, Blackie padded around after the bitch, hoping for attention.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Tell him it can happen to anybody, that our Blackie got in one surprise heat, too, before we got her spayed.

  Fiction book (2001)

• " Come on, Blackie, we've got to go home now."

  Fiction book (1999)

• I'd come home at suppertime each afternoon to find Sam in his chair on the front porch, holding Blackie, waiting for me.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Blackie was fourteen and had been the Bitch’s companion almost her entire life.

  Fiction book (2000)

• My cat's name is Blackie because of her beautiful black fur.

• Every evening, my dog Blackie waits by the door for me to come home.

Synonyms

B

blacky

vsblackie

• Informal

1 8.7

A pet name for an animal with black fur, like a dog or cat

is the same name but spelled with ie instead of y

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Etymology