colourman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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 Palmer, John
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
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
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