colourman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Though we have run from the House of Suddhu to the barrack-yard, we have not yet lost sight of Mr Kipling, decorator and colourman in words.
From Rudyard Kipling by John Palmer
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 Rudyard Kipling
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 Robert Tressell
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 Robert Tressell
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 Richard Le Gallienne
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