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free, white and 21
adjective
possessing free will and able to exercise self-determination US- “I’m free, white and twenty-one”, she said. — Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister, p. 75, 1949
- “You don’t care what I do, do you?” she cried out. “You’re free, white, and twenty-one,” Bert answered. — James T. Farrell, Ruth and Bertram, p. 105, 1955
- From what I hear they were all free, white and twenty-one. They knew what they were getting into. They were big boys. — George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Doyle, pp. 200–201, 1971
- She was free, white and nearly twenty-one. She thought she had nothing to fear from the police. — Charles W. Moore, A Brick for Mister Jones, p. 172, 1975
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