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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 black-letter
 (a.)倒楣的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Black-let·ter, a.
 1. Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.
 2. Given to the study of books in black letter; that is, of old books; out of date.
    Kemble, a black-letter man!   --J. Boaden.
 3. Of or pertaining to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days; -- compare red-letter. Hence: Unlucky; inauspicious.
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