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White Sheep [Ak-koin-loo]

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A tribe of Turkomans, so called from their standards. The Sophiveʹan dynasty of Persia was founded by one of this tribe.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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White Horse
White Horses
White House
White Ladies [Les Dames Blanches]
White Lies
White Moments of Life (The)
White Moon (Knight of the)
White Night (A)
White Poplar
White Rose
White Sheep [Ak-koin-loo]
White Squall
White Stone
White Stone (Rev. ii. 17)
White Surrey
White Tincture
White Water-lotus [Pe-lien-kaou]
White Widow
White Witch (A)
White as Driven Snow
White in the Eye