white gum
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of white gum
An Americanism dating back to 1735–45
Example Sentences
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His upper lip curled back to reveal the white gum shield protecting a mouth sneering with contempt, Muhammad Ali stands over the prone body of Sonny Liston.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2015
We passed over some very fine flats of Bastard-box, silver-leaved Ironbark, and white gum, with a few scattered Acacia-trees, remarkable for their drooping foliage, and mentioned under the date 22nd December.
From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig
They were set solidly into a hard white gum, which had to be cut away all around them before they would come out.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.
The apple-gum, which we had missed for some time, again made its appearance, accompanied by another white gum, with long narrow leaves.
From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig
About two in the morning the downpour ceased, the sky cleared, and a fair half-moon of silvery brightness shone out above the tops of the white gum forest.
From "Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific 1901 by Becke, Louis
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