(definition) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Tue May 03 2005 at 20:14:44
WHITEWASHED
One who has taken the benefit of an act of insolvency, to defraud his creditors, is said to have been whitewashed.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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