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Burdensome possession
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white elephant
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
White \White\ (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. Whiter (hw[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Whitest .] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"burdensome charge, inconvenient thing that one does not know how to get rid of," 1851, supposedly from the practice of the King of Siam of presenting one of the sacred albino elephants to a courtier who had fallen from favor; the gift was a great honor, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
White Elephant is a 1984 British comedy drama film directed by Werner Grusch and starring Peter Firth , Peter Sarpong and Nana Seowg . The plot involves a ruthless white man determined to break through thousands of years of tradition to sell microchips ...
Usage examples of white elephant.
Finally, in desperation, the agency turned to the American Thermogen Corporation of Whitman, Massachusetts, for construction of what came to be known as White Elephant No.
For example, there is the Buddhist pious tale of the case of King Vessantara, who was asked by a neighboring monarch for the loan of his imperial white elephant.
There was a white elephant at the New Wash facility, and it cost a fantastic amount to maintain it, for elephants are not native to space.