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"Products that lack an antioxidant or preservative are likely to develop rancidity in the oil," he wrote, "and that can be metallic, fishy, painty, or stale-nut-like depending on the recipe."
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2021
Gazette.—I should think you ought to find painty bits—within walking distance—say—right or left ten miles?
From 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne), a Memoir. by Fred. G. Kitton
He admitted that fanlights, and white shutters against rosy brick, were more homelike than a painty wooden box.
From Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Bewilderment spread like a gray mist across the painty features of the Mordaunt Estate.
From From a Bench in Our Square by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Miss Desprey laughed, touched her ruffled hair with painty fingers, blushed, and mused.
From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Marie Van Vorst
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