colourman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Crass's work as colourman was simplified, to a certain extent, by the great number of specially prepared paints and distempers in all colours, supplied by the manufacturers ready for use.
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
Mr. Littlejohn could make nothing of it, nor indeed could the artists' colourman, who had been used to pictures all his life.
From The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] by Le Gallienne, Richard
Whereby I understood that Eustace Cleever, decorator and colourman in words, was blaspheming his own Art, and would be sorry for this in the morning.
From Soldiers Three - Part 2 by Kipling, Rudyard
Mr Kipling as journalist and very efficient colourman in words has made much of India in his time.
From Rudyard Kipling by Palmer, John
What colours short of bonâ fide sunbeams it could be painted in, I am not earthly colourman enough to say; but I did not think it had been in the possibility of things.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
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