white liver
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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
"A mouthful of white liver and caper sauce?"
From The House of the Wolf; a romance by Weyman, Stanley John
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)
The colour varies much, ranging according to the strains, from black-and-white through orange-and-white and liver-and-white to pure white, whilst black, white, liver, and red or yellow self-coloured setters are common.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
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
