white lady
Britishnoun
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a cocktail consisting of gin, Cointreau, and lemon juice
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informal methylated spirits as a drink, sometimes mixed with shoe polish or other additives
Example Sentences
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A gray-haired white lady in line chuckled, "You and I wish, buddy."
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2023
“You think every white lady is me,” she tells him.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2022
In another Miranda joins the girls in what looks like a white lady culture safari uptown to a queer comedy show.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2021
"I grew up seeing my mom being the only white lady in the village in Africa where I was born and where my dad is from," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2021
She plucked a paper fan from the hymnbook holder and studied the picture on it—a white church with a smiling white lady coming out the door.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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