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noun

Also called: cabbage white a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves

(often capitals) a white large-bodied breed of pig commonly kept for pork, bacon, and for fattening

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Words nearby large white

larger-than-life, large-scale, large-scale integration, largess, largesse, large white, larghetto, lar gibbon, largish, largo, lari

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A fourth suspect, a 26-year-old woman named Hayat Boumeddiene, remains at large.
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However much we gossip about heterosexual couples with large age gaps, we at least refrain from calling them sex offenders.
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I think a large majority of our fans are [other] nationalities.
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The breakdown of the 114th Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male, and 92 percent Christian.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And she would be wearing some of the jewels with the white dress—just a few, not many, of course.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Sometimes in the case of large plants, cones have been known to occur on the tips of the branches of the Marsh Horsetail.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
The thought seemed to produce the dreaded object, for next moment a large hummock appeared right ahead.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

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