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obtained its name from the white and fresh appearance of the front, compared with the ancient buildings in York Place. (Brayley: Londoniana.) (See White House.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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