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.
3. A sour cocktail made with gin or crème de menthe, triple sec or Cointreau, and a citrus juice, sometimes with an egg white.
4. (slang, Australia) Methylated spirit.
5. (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.

   Synonyms: white girl; see also Thesaurus:cocaine

6. (uncountable, slang) Heroin.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin

7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white,‎ lady.

Translations

in folklore

• Polish: biała dama (pl)

cocaine

• Polish: biała dama (pl)

See also

• black lady

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.

Noun

white lady

1. (folklore) a white lady (ghost)

Quotations

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