colourman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Crass now acted as colourman, having been appointed possibly because he knew absolutely nothing about the laws of colour.
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
There was no town nearer than Chichester at which it was even remotely probable that there would be such a thing as an artist's colourman.
From Tremendous Trifles by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Mr Kipling as journalist and very efficient colourman in words has made much of India in his time.
From Rudyard Kipling by Palmer, John
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
My colourman takes his bill out in drawings, and I think owes me a trifle.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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