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white elephant definition

white elephant

  1. an albino elephant
  2. something from which little profit or use is derived; esp., such a possession maintained at much expense
  3. ☆ any object no longer desired by its owner, but of possible value to others

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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