white as driven snow

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Gary Martin, the term refers to "snow that has blown into drifts and is untrodden and clean" and is recorded as early as 1611.[1]

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Adjective

white as driven snow (not comparable)

  1. (simile) extremely white; totally white (of a color).

See also

References
  1. Gary Martin (1997–) “As pure as the driven snow”, in The Phrase Finder, retrieved 10 January 2021.
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