white lady
See also: White Lady
English
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Noun
white lady (countable and uncountable, plural white ladies)
- (folklore) A female ghost dressed in white, who is associated with local legends of tragedy.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:white lady.
- A sour cocktail made with gin or crème de menthe, triple sec or Cointreau, and a citrus juice, sometimes with an egg white.
- (slang, Australia) Methylated spirit.
- (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
- Synonyms: white girl; see also Thesaurus:cocaine
- (uncountable, slang) Heroin.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, lady.
See also
References
- (cocaine; heroin): Tony Thorne (2014) “white lady”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London, […]: Bloomsbury
Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2024) “white lady n. (methylated spirit)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2024) “white lady n. (cocaine, heroin)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- white lady on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English white lady.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:white lady.
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