whitewashes

whitewashes
n. watery lime solution for making walls white; cover up, masking (of sin, a defect, etc.); overwhelming defeat (Sports) v. painting walls with whitewash; cover up, mask (sin, a defect, etc.); defeat decisively (Sports)

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