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Definition of Housepainter
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Housepainter
Literary usage of Housepainter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1845)
"A man named J. Ozenne, a housepainter, was tried last week at Rouen, on a charge
of having assassinated a widow ..."
2. Dictionary of Indian Biography by Charles Edward Buckland (1906)
"KETTLE, TILLY (1740-1786) Artist: born 1740: son of a housepainter: exhibited
portraits at the Free Society of Artists, 1761. and the Society of Artists, ..."
3. The Man-made World: Or, Our Androcentric Culture by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1911)
"The Man with the Hoe becomes brother to the ox because of over-much hoeing; the
housepainter is lead-poisoned because of his painting; books have been ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1873)
"It is here said that her father, Mr. Robert Wilmot, was a housepainter at Warwick,
and that while living with her uncle, the Rev. Dr. Wilmot, shortly after ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1891)
"... life as a housepainter and was renowned for his kindness to those who struggled.
His example may have consciously or unconsciously influenced Clint, ..."
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