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Definition of Repolishes
1. repolish [v] - See also: repolish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repolishes
Literary usage of Repolishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Holland and Its People by Edmondo De Amicis, Caroline Tilton (1890)
"him, and repolishes it with her sleeve, like a soldier whose accoutrements have
been soiled by a companion just before a review. ..."
2. Holland and Its People by Edmondo De Amicis (1887)
"A boy, to teaze a little girl, breathes upon her helmet, and the latter angrily
scolds at him, and repolishes it with her sleeve, like a soldier whose ..."
3. The Sacred Beetle by Jean-Henri Fabre (1918)
"... she touches up faulty spots; she polishes and repolishes the surfaces in order
to delay the desiccation ..."
4. The Sacred Beetle, and Others by Jean Henri Fabre (1918)
"... she touches up faulty spots; she polishes and repolishes the surfaces in order
to delay the desiccation ..."
5. The World of London: La Société de Londres /by Paul Vasili by Paul Vasili, Mme. Juliette Adam (1885)
"He has sound judgment and perfect tact; he polishes and repolishes his speeches
until they are models of literary excellence, and at this moment is writing ..."
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