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Definition of Paintbrushes
1. paintbrush [n] - See also: paintbrush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paintbrushes
Literary usage of Paintbrushes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (& Yourself) by Rick Weinzierl (1999)
"They can be used to thin paint, clean paintbrushes, remove nail polish, ...
There are ways you can reuse the solvent used to clean paintbrushes. ..."
2. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1919)
"Old paintbrushes Provide Small Tool Handles When paintbrushes become worn out
they are usually thrown away or burned. By saving the handles of these brushes ..."
3. The Franklin Intermediate Reader: For the Use of Public and Private Schools by George Stillman Hillard (1875)
"But all this time the young artist had no paintbrushes ; nor were there any to
be bought, unless he had sent to Philadelphia on purpose. ..."
4. The Child Life Fifth Reader by Etta Austin Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell (1902)
"But all this time the young artist had no paintbrushes ; nor were there any to
be bought, unless he had sent to Philadelphia on purpose. ..."
5. Fifth Reader by James Hixon Van Sickle, Wilhelmina Seegmiller (1912)
"However, he was a very ingenious boy, and resolved to manufacture paintbrushes
for himself. With this design he laid hold upon— what do you think? ..."
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