calcimine
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of calcimine
First recorded in 1860–65; calci- + (kalso)mine
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He was spattered here and there with paint and calcimine, and there were bits of wallpaper clinging to his hair and whiskers, for he was rather an untidy man.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
All that happened down there was an occasional shower of calcimine.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
“He’s always getting paint and calcimine all over his clothes,” said Bill.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
Kalsomine, an incorrect form of calcimine, which see under Calcium.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Paint is preferable to whitewash or calcimine for the walls, since it is less affected by steam, and can be more readily cleaned.
From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.
High-born ladies with two-inch feet stumble by, their calcimined faces streaked with tears and fright.
From The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration by Little, Frances, [pseud.]
The walls of the rooms must be calcimined, painted, frescoed and papered; they must be dyed in the mortar, finished with leather, with tiles, with tapestry and with solid wood panels.
From The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure by Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence)
The room also in which the sick was cared for should be thoroughly disinfected and cleaned; in some instances the woodwork ought to be repainted and the walls repapered or calcimined.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.
The tiled walls, the floor, the calcimined ceiling, the light globe, the enameled medicine chest, the outside of the bathtub, and even a little three-legged stool, were all the same shade.
From The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)
Miss Saunders came in, and met Mama and Grandma; we were having the kitchen calcimined, the place was pretty well upset, I remember.
From The Story of Julia Page by Norris, Kathleen Thompson
Having faith in Major Bagley's word, the house was cleaned from top to bottom, much painting and calcimining having been done.
From Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Roe, Frances Marie Antoinette Mack
"Out from here, you dirty loafer you!" she shrieked, and grabbed a calcimining brush from one of the many paintpots that bestrewed the hallway.
From Elkan Lubliner, American by Glass, Montague
Smell for smell, the interior of that hotel may have harbored a worse one than the odor of henhouse which pervaded ours, I hope from the materials for calcimining the rooms on the patio.
From Familiar Spanish Travels by Howells, William Dean
Finishing touches installation stained glass windows drum octagon removal scaffolding exterior interior edifice interior calcimining dome drum octagon tuckpointing cleaning floodlighting entire structure completed synchronizing closing weeks glorious twelvemonth annals Holy Faith.
From Dawn of a New Day by Shoghi Effendi
A recent job of calcimining had transformed the room from a dirty grayish, white to a soft shade of pink; the old-fashioned furniture had been "done over," and glowed dully in the fading light.
From The Pride of Palomar by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
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