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Definition of Manicure
1. Verb. Trim carefully and neatly. "Manicure fingernails"
2. Noun. Professional care for the hands and fingernails.
3. Verb. Care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc..
Definition of Manicure
1. n. A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails.
2. n. The care of the hands and nails.
3. v. t. & i. To care for (the hands and nails); to care for the hands and nails of; to do manicure work.
Definition of Manicure
1. Noun. a cosmetic treatment for the fingernails ¹
2. Verb. to trim the fingernails ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manicure
1. to trim and polish the fingernails of [v -CURED, -CURING, -CURES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manicure
Literary usage of Manicure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1921)
"That on and after October 1, 1918, no owner, proprietor or manager of any barber
or hairdressing shop, manicure or beauty parlor, or public bath shall ..."
2. Three Visits to America by Emily Faithfull (1884)
"... the telegraph, and the telephone—The manicure—American disapproval of women
as barmaids—The force of habit—Objections raised at first against women ..."
3. The Care of the Teeth by Charles Albert Brackett (1915)
"... the dentist would lose its terrors; and the patient would go to the dental
office with the same equanimity as if the visit were a visit to the manicure. ..."
4. Romantic Love and Personal Beauty: Their Development, Causal Relations by Henry Theophilus Finck (1887)
"... Love and Personal Beauty manicure SECRETS According to the New York Analyist: "There
are not nearly as many secrets in manicure as people imagine. ..."
5. Tools and Machines by Charles Barnard (1903)
"As the knife would cut only one manicure Scissors little flock of wool at one
stroke, the shears must have seemed to be a truly wonderful improvement. ..."
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