white liver
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The colour varies much, ranging according to the strains, from black-and-white through orange-and-white and liver-and-white to pure white, whilst black, white, liver, and red or yellow self-coloured setters are common.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
Mode.—Take a fine white liver, and lard it the same as a fricandeau; put it into vinegar with an onion cut in slices, parsley, thyme, bay-leaf, and seasoning in the above proportion.
From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
She pitied and consoled Helene, though they were saying in the town that the girl had a white liver and that her breath brought death!
From She Stands Accused by MacClure, Victor
In every market place, on the market day, papers about the brazen forehead, the viperous tongue, and the white liver of Jack Howe, the French King's buffoon, flew about like flakes in a snow storm.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
"World anarchist ideas, which is another word for treason or white liver," observed the colonel.
From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick
