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white lady n 1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a cocktail consisting of gin, Cointreau, and lemon juice 2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Austral informal methylated spirits as a drink, sometimes mixed with shoe polish or other additives How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Miss Cornelia took the wee, white lady from the kindly but stranger hands of the nurse, and dressed the tiny waxen form in the beautiful dress Leslie had made for it. As the green and white lady took leave of the Princess she gave her a nut, desiring her only to open it in the most urgent need. All the details of his coming into and going out of the palace--on the night when he introduced himself in the character of an Italian fortune teller--you will tell him, that he may not doubt the correctness of my information; that he had under his cloak a large white robe dotted with black tears, death's heads, and crossbones--for in case of a surprise, he was to pass for the phantom of the White Lady who, as all the world knows, appears at the Louvre every time any great event is impending. |
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