British White
Britishnoun
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You wouldn't be wrong to think of Two Weeks in August as something of a British White Lotus, a comparison its writer Catherine Shepherd has addressed.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
The Royal Navy spokesman added the British White ensign, which is only used on UK warships, "cannot be defaced because it's a symbol of the legal status of a vessel as a warship".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2019
She and her husband started their farm in 2002, raising a breed of cows called British White.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2018
Those opposed to the kind of compromise outlined in the British White Paper issued last March landed clearly in the minority.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The British "White Paper" proves how frivolously steps leading to the most serious results were ordered in St. Petersburg.
From New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? by Various
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