Definition of a black and white

black and white

• An issue/thought process that divides everything into two opposing categories

  She saw the world in black and white - people were either good or bad.

  This is a black and white issue - either you're for it or against it.

  Last edited on Dec 20 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 19 2010.

noun

• police.

  I got to get rid of some black and white.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by don m. from Georgia, USA on Apr 18 2009.

• a police car.

  Last edited on Aug 21 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 03 2012.

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call Huey on the big white telephone	Definitions include: to vomit.
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