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whites

  1. plural of white

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whites pl (plural only)

  1. A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 444:
      He walked somewhat mincingly, thin, in soiled whites, his brief-case under his arm.
    1. The white uniform of a chef.
    2. (cricket) Cricket whites.
    3. (US, military) A white uniform formerly worn by officers of United States Marine Corps.
  2. Linen, especially laundry, that is white.
  3. (informal) leukorrhea.

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  • Distinguished from other classes of cloth products because they could be bleached.

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whites

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of white

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