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whore's paint en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɔɹzˌpeɪnt/ (General-American)
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Etymology

* whore + -'s + paint

Meanings

1. (derogatory, uncountable, vulgar) Excessive, gaudy, or tasteless makeup.
   • I will not have that . . . that whore's paint on my face!" 1991, Jane Feather, The Eagle and the Dove, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 48:
   • 'Twas the whore's paint that fooled me, thought Tom. She's no more than twenty-two [...] 1983, Cathy Cash Spellman, So Many Partings, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 164:
   • See — there is rouge and whore's paint on thy white starched and pleated shirt! 1960, Pietro Di Donato, Three Circles of Light, Messner, page 238:

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