white as driven snow

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white as driven snow

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According to Gary Martin, the term refers to "snow that has blown into drifts and is untrodden and clean" and is recorded as early as 1611.

adjective white as the driven snow

not comparable extremely white; totally white (of a color).

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"white as driven snow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/white%20as%20driven%20snow. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"white as driven snow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/white%20as%20driven%20snow.

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@misc{white_as_driven_snow_2026,
  title = {white as driven snow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/white%20as%20driven%20snow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}