white goods
plural noun
household goods, as bed sheets, tablecloths, and towels, formerly bleached and finished in white but now often patterned and colored.
bleached goods, especially cotton or linen fabrics.
large household appliances, as refrigerators, stoves, and washing machines.
alcoholic liquors that are manufactured without color, as vodka, gin, and tequila.
Origin of white goods
First recorded in 1870–75
Words nearby white goods
white gangrene,
white gasoline,
white ginger,
white globe lily,
white gold,
white goods,
white guilt,
white gum,
white hake,
white hat,
white heat
Example sentences from the Web for white goods
Then she had been a belt maker, then a stitcher on men's collars, and during the last four years a white-goods worker.
Making Both Ends Meet |Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith WyattAnd, draping himself across the white-goods counter in an attitude as intricate as the letter S, behold Mr. Charley Chubb!
The Best Short Stories of 1915 |Various
British Dictionary definitions for white goods
white goods
pl n
household linen such as sheets, towels, tablecloths, etc