The word "whitewash" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is a verb meaning to gloss over something or to cover up something with a false or superficial appearance. For example, you might say, "The company attempted to whitewash its bad reputation with a new advertising campaign."
I suppose that's sport, isn't it?" Asked what qualities he has to help revive this England team, Cook referred to his experience of England's last whitewash series in 2006-07.
If loyalty to his line managers counts for anything then Cook remains an entirely steadfast lieutenant, defending, even in the aftermath of the whitewash, what has looked with every defeat an increasingly lopsided Ashes tour party.
This is by no means a call to whitewash the serious structural and human development challenges many countries in the region face.
Already it is time to look to the future, and not just to Melbourne, Sydney and the need to avoid a whitewash.
Maryam's public face is straightforward, clear and calm, cutting through the regime's attempts to whitewash its human rights records.
He was England's top run scorer in the Ashes and is one of the world's best players, so why get rid of him?" Swann also sprung to the defence of the beleaguered Cook and Flower, maintaining they were " the right men to be captain and head coach", and that the players should bear responsibility for England's 5-0 Ashes whitewash.
The men in baggy green were supposed to fly to South Africa fat and happy on the unprecedented euphoria of their shock Ashes whitewash, take one look at the strange colours of Africa, face up to the first inswinger from Dale Steyn and promptly fall in a heap.
Pietersen was sacked after last winter's Ashes whitewash in Australia, with Paul Downton, the managing director of England Cricket, citing his "disengagement" from the team as a primary reason for his banishment.
They also performed Same Love, their gay rights anthem, with the singer Mary Lambert, though when Jennifer Hudson emerged to duet the last part of the song with Ms Lambert, it felt like a sort of apologetic compensation for the night's whitewash.
Time and again I would hear, from Australians themselves, how poor their team was, and how unlikely the whitewash.
A year on from that glorious first Six Nations win over France, Italy are also looking to avoid a whitewash under their new coach, Jacques Brunel, who has had a difficult winter since taking over from Nick Mallett after the World Cup.
