white liver
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
"A mouthful of white liver and caper sauce?"
From The House of the Wolf; a romance by Weyman, Stanley John
