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blackwash

British  
/ ˈblækˌwɒʃ /

verb

  1. informal  to present (someone or something) in the worst possible light

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Etymology

Origin of blackwash

C21: coined as an opposite to whitewash

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There is an alternative doctrine more popular today – what one might call the blackwash biography.

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