"white smoke" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the ancient practice of announcing the result of a papal election. If the election was successful, i.e. a candidate received two-thirds majority in the College of Cardinals, the inspected ballots were burned in the stove of the Sistine Chapel of Vatican, resulting in white smoke spewing out from the chimney. If the required majority was not reached, damp straw was added to the stove, resulting in black smoke.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "The announcement to the outside world that a conclave has chosen a new Pope."
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          "conclave",
          "conclave"
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        [
          "chosen",
          "chosen"
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          "Pope",
          "Pope"
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        "uncountable"
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        {
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          "sense": "announcement that a conclave has chosen a new Pope",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fum blanc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "announcement that a conclave has chosen a new Pope",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fumée blanche"
        }
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        {
          "text": "Sit yourselves down together until the white smoke comes out.",
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      "glosses": [
        "An event of reaching an agreement."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) An event of reaching an agreement."
      ],
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "event of reaching an agreement",
          "word": "valkoinen savu"
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    },
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        {
          "text": "white smoke:"
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        "A shade of white."
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      "glosses": [
        "Methamphetamine."
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    "white smoke"
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  "word": "white smoke"
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  "etymology_text": "From the ancient practice of announcing the result of a papal election. If the election was successful, i.e. a candidate received two-thirds majority in the College of Cardinals, the inspected ballots were burned in the stove of the Sistine Chapel of Vatican, resulting in white smoke spewing out from the chimney. If the required majority was not reached, damp straw was added to the stove, resulting in black smoke.",
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        "An event of reaching an agreement."
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        "(figuratively) An event of reaching an agreement."
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        {
          "text": "white smoke:"
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        "A shade of white."
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Methamphetamine."
      ],
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      ]
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "announcement that a conclave has chosen a new Pope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fum blanc"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "announcement that a conclave has chosen a new Pope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fumée blanche"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "event of reaching an agreement",
      "word": "valkoinen savu"
    }
  ],
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    "white smoke"
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  "word": "white smoke"
}