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Meanings of whitewashed in English

Whitewashed.

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Usage of whitewashed in English
1
In good order, the cottage has deep-set windows and whitewashed stone walls.
The Irish Times
2
In light of numerous scandals surrounding the company, its history was whitewashed.
Radio NZ
3
The strong glaring light in the large whitewashed room dazzled my eyes.
American Indian Stories
4
Onlookers gathered outside the whitewashed Maadi hospital building, set in pleasant gardens.
Reuters
5
They both well knew the birthplace of the cloud-thelittle whitewashed cottage.
A Lover in Homespun / And Other Stories
6
The walls are plastered and whitewashed, and the roofs and floors tiled.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua
7
Fences around the house were whitewashed and the lawns were always mowed.
Mezzerow Loves Company
8
It was in a little whitewashed village church heated by a stove.
America's War for Humanity
9
The afternoon sun etched our shadows on the whitewashed wall behind us.
Defenders of Democracy / Contributions from representative men a...
10
The walls were always freshly whitewashed, and the lime was constantly renewed.
The Black Douglas
11
The cottages are whitewashed and garlanded with jasmine, solanum, the monthly rose.
Corporal Sam and Other Stories
12
The bare whitewashed little house had not even a veranda or porch.
Rilla of Ingleside
13
A coal fire burned in the hearth of the whitewashed duty room.
The Irish Times
14
He saw every cottage whitewashed; he was nurse and doctor and cook.
Scottish sketches
15
The walls were whitewashed, but literally covered with all sorts of pictures.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
16
Illustrations cut out of newspapers were pasted on the dirty, whitewashed walls.
The Second Latchkey
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Whitewashed through the time
Whitewashed across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common