white as driven snow
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Gary Martin, the term refers to "snow that has blown into drifts and is untrodden and clean" and is recorded as early as 1611.[1]
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]white as driven snow (not comparable)
- (simile) extremely white; totally white (of a color).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gary Martin (1997–) “As pure as the driven snow”, in The Phrase Finder, retrieved 10 January 2021.