Both Uses of
whitewash
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 13 chapter version
- There is hardly a single person in the House of Commons worth painting; though many of them would be the better for a little whitewashing.†
Chpt 4 *whitewashing = covering up (to hide a wrong)
- In good society that always whitewashes a woman.†
Chpt 6whitewashes = covers up (to hide a wrong)
Definitions:
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(1)
(whitewash as in: whitewash the fence) a liquid used to paint something in a see-through white color; or the act of painting something with such a liquid
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(2)
(whitewash as in: investigative whitewash) cover up, hide, or minimize (a wrong or error)
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Whitewash, especially in the past, can also refer to painting something white.