piano-polish en · VERB
Meanings
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To treat (furniture) with piano polish; French-polish.
The papier mâché desk he passed tolerantly as bric-à-brac, but the china-cabinet was dismissed with contempt. "Deal stained black and piano-polished," he said.
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 75:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| piano-polishes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| piano-polishing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| piano-polished | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| piano-polished | Tense=Past | lexicographic |