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
There’s no white liver about me, but I say, ‘Let’s wait till we’ve reason to know that the bank’s safe is heavily loaded.’
From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)
Faith, there wor never good that had the white liver; an' he has it to the backbone.
From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
"World anarchist ideas, which is another word for treason or white liver," observed the colonel.
From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick
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
