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liquid coloring matter used as a decorative or protective coating; to represent in paint; to apply paint to; to engage in painting

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Usage examples (33)
  • Annie watched me from the front porch, her arm leaned against a paintless wood post.
  • In the exact middle of it was the paintless frame house which we have already mentioned.
  • Not till we entered the town, buildings now for the most part paintless and dilapidated, did we see a soul.
  • But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days, under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground.
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