In popular culture Whitewash
whitewashing old house, painting l.a. ring. national gallery of denmark
the incident of tom sawyer whitewashing fence punishment famous image in american literature. appears in adventures of tom sawyer, written in 1876 mark twain.
metaphorically, whitewashing refers suppression or glossing on (possibly close parallel construction) of potentially damaging or unwelcome information. in many british commonwealth areas, whitewash refers game in 1 side fails score @ all; usage found in cricket.
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