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ˈblackwash, v.
[f. prec. n.]
1. trans. To wash or colour with a black liquid.
c1770Used by H. Walpole. 1861Times 12 July, The Gueux..whitewashed the façades. But they also blackwashed the paintings of Van Eyck and Memlinc.
2. fig. To blacken the character of; to asperse, calumniate. (Cf. whitewash.)
1869St. Clair & Br. Resid. Bulgaria Pref. 7 The Rayah has been too much whitewashed..whilst the Turk has been too much blackwashed by his enemies. 1875Helps Soc. Press. xii. 160 He ‘black-washes’..the whole human race. |