kalsomine
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Just try to make bark or leaves on a tree that has to be painted with a heavy kalsomine brush.
From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
But let me kalsomine you a little mental sketch to consider.
From Cabbages and Kings by Henry, O.
She feverishly grabbed a brush herself and slashed about delightedly in kalsomine.
From Little Miss By-The-Day by Van Slyke, Lucille
These last had once been yellow-washed, age and dust having turned the kalsomine to an old-gold tint, reminding him of a ceiling belonging to a Venetian palace.
From Felix O'Day by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
The present owner is willing to kalsomine the bedrooms and halls each spring, but the tenants object because it makes a lot of work.
From The Leaven in a Great City by Betts, Lillian William
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