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washes a blackamoor white

washes a blackamoor white is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wash a blackamoor white.

Meaning of wash a blackamoor white

Verb

wash a blackamoor white (third-person singular simple present washes a blackamoor white, present participle washing a blackamoor white, simple past and past participle washed a blackamoor white)

  1. (dated, idiomatic, offensive) To labour in vain, especially so as to present something as better than it really is; to whitewash.
    • It is not my Intention to put myself in a Perspiration concerning any of the Hieroglyphic Emblems, or Monstrosities of the Egyptians, for it is all Labour in vain, or washing a Blackamoor white.1778, John van Rymsdyk, Andreas van Rymsdyk, Museum Britannicum […], page 33
    Synonyms:
    wash a negro white, wash a nigger white

Questions about washes a blackamoor white

What is washes a blackamoor white the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Washes a blackamoor white is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wash a blackamoor white.

Words near washes a blackamoor white in the dictionary

  1. washerwomen
  2. washery
  3. washeryman
  4. washerymen
  5. washes
  6. washes a blackamoor white
  7. washes a negro white
  8. washes and goes
  9. washes away
  10. washes down
  11. washes its face

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