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white sheep

a disliked person; one who is disfavored
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I was the white sheep of the family, the straight man.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'white sheep':

white sheepUsed other than as an idiom: see white, sheep.
white sheepa conformist; an unusual or conventional person
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