manicure
noun
a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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You may wonder why I am manicuring myself.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 by Various