black tie
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One wall-mounted piece matches a nest of heavy black wire to a branch of metallic-tinted bamboo, and two collages include silvered leaves.
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022
After discovering wires with live current sprouting from the ground outside the northwest corner of the building, the savvy 24-year-old set to work: black wire to black, white wire to white.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2022
Where you might expect to see marble statues in romantic Greek poses, there are black wire mannequins donning intricately cut paper dresses.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2021
There was a black wire service, and that is where they got their national sports from.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 12, 2019
No portion of the dirty black wire was visible; instead we had a garland of soft pink, with little scarlet sprays and white enamel intermixed.
From Heroes of the Telegraph by Munro, John
