white liver

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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

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

"World anarchist ideas, which is another word for treason or white liver," observed the colonel.

From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick

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)

They wondered, too, if there wasn't some truth in the things that were being hinted by that low chant in the darkness: Ask Jane, Sandwich Jane, O-liver, white liver, Jane, Jane, Jane.

From The Gay Cockade by Bailey, Temple