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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See the extract.

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Examples

  • Every now and then -- white-letter days -- there would drop on them a long evening together.

    Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885

  • Every now and then -- white-letter days -- there would drop on them a long evening together.

    Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885

  • Business disposed of, he threw aside all restraint, and for hours his speculations and theories upon philosophy, government, education, eloquence; his criticism of books, his reminiscences of men and events, made that one of the white-letter days of my life.

    From Canal Boy to President Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899 1881

  • Business disposed of, he threw aside all restraint, and for hours his speculations and theories upon philosophy, government, education, eloquence; his criticism of books, his reminiscences of men and events, made that one of the white-letter days of my life.

    From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield Horatio Alger 1865

  • Special exterior colors such as red, blue, green, black pearl; 16-inch wheels, white-letter (OWL) radials, wheel flares, bodyside moldings, deep tinted glass, skid plates and tow hooks.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • Special exterior colors such as red, blue, green, black pearl; 16-inch wheels, white-letter (OWL) radials, wheel flares, bodyside moldings, deep tinted glass, skid plates and tow hooks.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • Its dated two-tone silver-and-maroon paint job, white-letter tires and red velour interior scream "1992."

    unknown title 2009

  • Its dated two-tone silver-and-maroon paint job, white-letter tires and red velour interior scream "1992."

    unknown title 2009

  • The Woodland Trust's survey of the area's wildlife revealed a number of species which could benefit from the creation of new woodland including Natterer's and long eared bats, white-letter hairstreak and purple emperor butterflies and red-listed birds including bullfinches and song thrushes.

    unknown title 2009

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