whitehead
noun
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whitehead
1 American
[hwahyt-hed, wahyt-]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˌhɛd, ˈwaɪt- /
noun
Whitehead
2
American
[hwahyt-hed, wahyt-]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˌhɛd, ˈwaɪt- /
noun
Whitehead
British
/ ˈwaɪtˌhɛd /
noun
Etymology
Origin of whitehead
Example Sentences
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In the winter of 1984, I began to get subsurface lumps on my back without even going through the blackhead or whitehead phase.
From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2018
The patch uses it’s very adhesive hydrocolloid properties to pull the whitehead off your skin.
From Slate • Sep. 20, 2018
And though these cysts are sometimes unassuming—pink but no whitehead, usually not too raised—they are very painful.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2018
"He come runnin' in like a whitehead, and as soon as I saw the paper and heard what Bub had to say, I thought maybe I'd better do somethin'."
From Tom Swift and His War Tank, or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
Thou snow-bearded, silent, winter-sky, thou round-eyed whitehead above me!
From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
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