whitewing

[ hwahyt-wing, wahyt- ]

noun

1. a person who wears a white uniform, especially a public street cleaner.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whitewing¹

First recorded in 1850–55; white + wing

Example Sentences

Our uncle and aunt thought so much of that poor dear Whitewing, and Best was told to take care of it.

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We can be twice as moral and piratical in a sail-boat as we can in a row-boat, even if it is the dear little Whitewing.

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So saying, Harry led the way to the boat, and in a few moments the Whitewing was homeward bound.

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One of the peculiarities of Whitewing was that he did not treat women as mere slaves or inferior creatures.

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Whitewing also thought that his betrothed was fit to hold intellectual converse with him, in which idea he was not far wrong.

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