white lady

See also: White Lady

English

white lady (sense 2)

Pronunciation

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Noun

white lady (countable and uncountable, plural white ladies)

  1. (folklore) A female ghost dressed in white, who is associated with local legends of tragedy.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:white lady.
  2. A sour cocktail made with gin or crème de menthe, triple sec or Cointreau, and a citrus juice, sometimes with an egg white.
  3. (slang, Australia) Methylated spirit.
  4. (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
    Synonyms: white girl; see also Thesaurus:cocaine
  5. (uncountable, slang) Heroin.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, lady.

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References

  • (cocaine; heroin): Tony Thorne (2014) “white lady”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  []: Bloomsbury

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English white lady.

Noun

white lady

  1. (folklore) a white lady (ghost)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:white lady.

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