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Definition of Paintwork
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paintwork
Literary usage of Paintwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Under Sail by Felix Riesenberg (1918)
"A week or so, with all hands on the paintwork, whenever the working of the ship
would permit, transformed her into a model of neatness. ..."
2. The Anatomy of the Automobile by Andrew Lee Dyke (1908)
"Then sponge down all paintwork with a good large sponge, removing all dirt and
mud that may remain after hosing. After this take a leather, ..."
3. Dilapidations: A Text-book for Architects and Surveyors in Tabulated Form by Banister Fletcher (1883)
"Some explained that it merely meant keeping the walls fairly coloured and papered,
and the ceilings whitened, and the paintwork cleaned; ..."
4. Naval Hygiene by James Duncan Gatewood (1909)
"view of injury to paintwork, exposed metals (which should be covered with ...
These solutions should not be confined to paintwork, but should be applied to ..."
5. The Influence of the Sea on the Political History of Japan by George Alexander Ballard (1921)
"In a lesser degree some such comparison might have been made between the Chinese
and Japanese fleets of 1894, and to this day the rival claims of paintwork ..."
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