Whitewashed dictionary definition

whitewashed

Verb

Adjective

(comparative more whitewashed, superlative most whitewashed)

Of or pertaining to a fence or wall that has been painted with the temporary paint whitewash.
(acting) Portrayed by a Caucasian actor but was scripted to be African, Asian, or of another race.
(pejorative) Looking Caucasian, but is actually African, Asian, or of another race.

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The wooden door and whitewashed walls --along with the open window above the bed allowing in balmy air --soon brought to mind a more tropical place.
In front of him, whitewashed dwellings lined wide cobbled streets and reflected brightly in the moonlight.
Cettigne itself is little more than a walled village, consisting of a cluster of whitewashed cottages and some unadorned public buildings.
The underground world was well built and bright with whitewashed walls lining corridors wide enough for two people to walk side by side.
But the costume and physiognomy of the inhabitants, the narrow streets and flatroofed, whitewashed houses, and more than all, the thousands of palm-trees in its gardens and fields, give the place a strikingly Oriental aspect, and render it unique among the cities of Spain.

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