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Definition of Japanners
1. japanner [n] - See also: japanner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanners
Literary usage of Japanners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work. By Virginia Penny by Virginia Penny (1863)
"Japanners. Japanning is one of the few arts that had its origin in a heathen
country. It is now practised in all civilized countries. ..."
2. The Practical Brass & Iron Founder's Guide: A Concise Treatise on the Art of by James Larkin (1853)
"Japanners' COPA: VARNISH. TAKK of the best pale African copal, seven pounds ;
fuse ; add two quarts of clarified linseed oil. Boil for a quarter of an hour, ..."
3. Medical, Matrimonial, and Scientific Expositor: Giving the Most Important by Jefferson B. Fancher (1867)
"... FOR Japanners. — Take 7 pounds of the best pale African copal, add 2 quarts
of clarified linseed oil. ..."
4. Five Hundred Useful and Amusing Experiments in Chemistry, and in the Arts by George G. Carey (1825)
"Observation.—Twenty pounds of good potatoes, treated in this way, generally yield
about four pounds of starch. 331.— To prepare Japanners' Varnish. ..."
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