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)

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)

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

"A mouthful of white liver and caper sauce?"

From The House of the Wolf; a romance by Weyman, Stanley John