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Lily-white   /lˈɪli-waɪt/   Listen
Lily-white

adjective
1.
Restricted to whites only.  Synonym: white.  "A lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"
2.
Of a pure white color.






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"Lily-white" Quotes from Famous Books



... her by the lily-white hand, Lead her o'er the water; Give her kisses, one, two, three, For she's a ...
— The Black Douglas • S. R. Crockett

... or ever Etain with her golden head Had nestled to sleep in her lily-white bed, She breathed a dream to her fairy lover, Please, God, bless Anwyl and me, ...
— Collected Poems - Volume One (of 2) • Alfred Noyes

... swimmin' up an' down through it all with the faithful Antonio at 'is side, fetchin' him numerous splits. 'E had eight that mornin', an' when Antonio was detached to get 'is spy-glass, or his gloves, or his lily-white 'andkerchief, the old man man would waste 'em down a ventilator. Antonio must ha' learned a ...
— Traffics and Discoveries • Rudyard Kipling

... if he were seen; But in the covert of the wood did bide Beholding all, yet of them unespied; There he did see that pleased so much his sight That even he himself his eyes envied, A hundred naked maidens lily-white, All ranged in a ring and dancing ...
— Among My Books • James Russell Lowell

... lily-white hand, As for to do her best: "Hae there your faith and troth, Willie, God send ...
— A Bundle of Ballads • Various


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