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What does lily-white mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word lily-white? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. A shade of the color white.
  2. Pure, unblemished, immaculate.
  3. Innocent, having a reputation beyond reproach.
  4. (slang) Restricted to Caucasians; pejorative in describing a white person, as are white-bread and paleface.
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With your sandy locks in shapes that no sand would ever dare be molded into, and your lily-white skin, that blinds my eyes with its radiating light.
Then they convince themselves they are the most righteous, lily-white citizens God ever created.
The same forces will attract immigrants to places that have traditionally been lily-white.
We grew up in middle-class, lily-white middle America, and most of our understanding of the contemporary black experience comes from hip-hop records and The New York Times.
Were they concerned by Graham's less than lily-white reputation when it comes to financial propriety?
Strangely, Doyle lost sight of the ground ball in the background of Bench's lily-white uniform.

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