strange fruit
A person who has been lynched by hangingA person who has been lynched by hanging; such people collectively.
» Tom tried to talk me into eating some very strange-smelling fruit.
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1 senses(uncountable)A person who has been lynched by hanging; such people collectively.
Examples
2 sentencesTom tried to talk me into eating some very strange-smelling fruit.
At first, I was puzzled by all these strange fruits, and by the strange flowers I saw.
Origin
From a poem by Abel Meeropol later recorded by Billie Holiday (1939), see quotations.From a poem by Abel Meeropol later recorded by Billie Holiday (1939), see quotations.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable