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What does blackface mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to portray a black person.
  2. (countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.
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Significantly, they establish their love for each other through the rehearsals and performance of this blackface play.
Fish species include tompot and blackface blennies, leopard-spotted gobies and shannies.
Al Jolson, the first true multimedia star, got his start as a blackface minstrel.
Mountain horned blackface sheep make a welcome return to Mayo's premier Show, in Swinford this year.
Meat from Scotland's famous blackface sheep, one of the country's oldest breeds, can be ordered online.
Most of the rest of the songs, original and traditional, are performed in blackface to illustrate the progress of his minstrel career.

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