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blackwash.

A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.

    New-Zealand · countable · slang · uncountable
  2. A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.

    countable · slang · uncountable
  3. A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.

    countable · slang · uncountable
  5. A villainization campaign.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From black + -wash or black + wash (depending on sense).

verb
  1. To villainize, to present in a damaging light.

    transitive
  2. To cover with a black color.

    transitive
  3. To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From black + -wash or black + wash (depending on sense).

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