English Explanatory Dictionary

wash a blackamoor white

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To labour in vain, especially so as to present something as better than it really is; to whitewash.

Word forms

wash a blackamoor white washes a blackamoor white washing a blackamoor white washed a blackamoor white wash the blackamoor white wash blackamoors white

Synonyms

wash a negro white wash a nigger white

Related words

put lipstick on a pig
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