varnishing day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of varnishing day
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Last week this melon was cut and on a crowded varnishing day the 112th exhibition of the National Academy of Design opened.
From Time Magazine Archive
Naturally, on varnishing day he was at the Palais de l'Industrie.
From Boris Lensky by Ossip Schubin
"Just an old admission ticket to varnishing day at the spring exhibit of the American Society of Painters," said Jack easily.
From No. 13 Washington Square by Leroy Scott
Daudet has described a Salon on varnishing day with his accustomed facile, febrile skill; you feel that it comes from Goncourt and Zola.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker
On the varnishing day it was sold to a dealer for two thousand francs.
From Fragments of an Autobiography by Felix Moscheles
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