what does red letter mean?
what does red letter mean and his talking is whitewash?

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what does red letter mean?
 what does red letter mean and his talking is whitewash?

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RED-LETTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red-letter mean?

• RED-LETTER (adjective)
  The adjective RED-LETTER has 1 sense:

1. memorable for being a special occasion

Familiarity information: RED-LETTER used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• RED-LETTER (adjective)

Sense 1	red-letter [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Memorable for being a special occasion

Context example:

on red-letter nights a large gathering greeted the celebrity

Similar:

unforgettable (impossible to forget)

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'His talking is whitewash' means 'his talking is just an attempt to hide unpleasant facts about somebody/something. The word 'whitewash' is used here to show that we do not approve of something or somebody.

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A red-letter day is an important day, or a day that you will remember, because of sth good that happened then.

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Verb	1.	whitewash - cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
hush up, sleek over, gloss over
cover up, cover - hide from view or knowledge; "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"
	2.	whitewash - cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls"
wash - apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
calcimine - cover with calcimine; "calcimine the walls"
	3.	whitewash - exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
acquit, assoil, exculpate, exonerate, discharge, clear - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"

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Whitewash
Noun	1.	whitewash - a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
defeat, licking - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
	2.	whitewash - wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
wash - a thin coat of water-base paint
	3.	whitewash - a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
clearing - the act of freeing from suspicion