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lily

/ˈlɪli/ adjective C2
  1. White (as a racial epithet). (slang)
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“She brought Lily Jones for herself.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 33 · C1
Lily is only five years old and she is very beautiful and had nut-brown hair.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 33 · C1
Phillips’s brief reforming energy was over; he didn’t want the bother of punishing a dozen pupils; but it was necessary to do something to save his word, so he looked about for a scapegoat and found it in Anne, who had dropped into her seat, gasping for breath, with a forgotten lily wreath hanging askew over one ear and giving her a particularly rakish and disheveled appearance.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 117 · C1
An Unfortunate Lily Maid
Anne of Green Gables, p. 219 · C1

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