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lily-white

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lilĀ·y-white (ll-hwt, -wt)
adj.
1. White as a lily.
2. Beyond reproach; blameless.
3. Informal Excluding or seeking to exclude Black people.

lily-white
adj
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of a pure white lily-white skin
2. Informal pure; irreproachable
3. US informal
a.  discriminating against Blacks a lily-white club
b.  racially segregated
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.lily-white - restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"
segregated, unintegrated - separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"
2.lily-white - of a pure white color
achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"

lily-white
adjective
1. pure white, white, milk-white, white as snow Blood stained his lily-white shirt.
2. (Informal) innocent, pure, impeccable, virtuous, spotless, squeaky-clean, untainted, unsullied, untarnished, irreproachable their lily-white business ethics
Translations
lily-white [ˈlɪlɪwaɪt] ADJblanco como la azucena


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You know there is one line in my recitation, 'She waved her lily-white hand,' and I have to wave mine when I say it.
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