subs. (old).—1.  A negro; a chimney-sweep.

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  c. 1696.  B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. LILLY WHITE, a chimney sweep.

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  1819.  T. MOORE, Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress, 45. Show the LILY-WHITES fair play.

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  2.  In pl. (military).—The Seventeenth Foot [from its facings]. Also, BENGAL TIGERS (q.v.). Also, the Fifty-ninth Foot.

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