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lilywhite

lilywhite
 n.— «What became quickly obvious was that neither MI5 nor MI6 knew anything about these four. They were, in the vernacular of counter-terror officers, “lilywhites.”» —“The call that cracked the case” by Daniel McGrory The Australian July 14, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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