white liver
Example Sentences
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Mode.—Take a fine white liver, and lard it the same as a fricandeau; put it into vinegar with an onion cut in slices, parsley, thyme, bay-leaf, and seasoning in the above proportion.
From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
Faith, there wor never good that had the white liver; an' he has it to the backbone.
From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
They wondered, too, if there wasn't some truth in the things that were being hinted by that low chant in the darkness: Ask Jane, Sandwich Jane, O-liver, white liver, Jane, Jane, Jane.
From The Gay Cockade by Bailey, Temple
"A mouthful of white liver and caper sauce?"
From The House of the Wolf; a romance by Weyman, Stanley John
She pitied and consoled Helene, though they were saying in the town that the girl had a white liver and that her breath brought death!
From She Stands Accused by MacClure, Victor
