a lie which seems to do no harm and is more
polite than the truth, usually told to spare
someone's feelings or for convenience.
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There Abraham sat out there, backslid, and
telling a little, white lie. But the little
white ones are big black ones. Look...
Said, "Oh, yes. That's my sister," and so forth,
and backslid, sitting out there, scared of his
own skin.