preburnished en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + burnished.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) burnished in advance
Like Hillary, Governor Sebelius’s name comes preburnished, thanks to her father-in-law, Keith Sebelius, a former veteran member of Congress, and her father, John Gilligan, the former governor of Ohio.
2008 March 3, Susan Dominus, “Electing a Woman to the White House: Who’s on Deck?”, in New York Times: