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white lady

British  

noun

  1. a cocktail consisting of gin, Cointreau, and lemon juice

  2. informal methylated spirits as a drink, sometimes mixed with shoe polish or other additives

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That white lady was Kerri Kenney, one of the creators of “Reno 911!” and now my dear friend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 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

This is especially true once Malcolm seizes on a critic he calls “the white lady from the Los Angeles Times” who, to him, epitomizes what’s wrong in film criticism.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2021

Ophie watched as a white lady with smooth blond hair accidentally stepped on one, her heels skidding dangerously.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

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