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lily-white

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


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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.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
It was little Jammes--the girl with the tip-tilted nose, the forget-me-not eyes, the rose-red cheeks and the lily-white neck and shoulders--who gave the explanation in a trembling voice:
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