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Old Sep 13, 2004 | 08:28 AM
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Any one know where the term "jet-black" came from?
 
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I believe jet is a type of stone and its black....
 
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Yep..Webster's 1913 definition is "darkest black, like jet". "Jet" is a type of bituminous coal (lignite), so it predates what I thought it was for...the miserably sooty tail pipes of jet engines!! (can't wash that stuff off when it gets on you!!)
 
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