kalsomine
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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She feverishly grabbed a brush herself and slashed about delightedly in kalsomine.
From Little Miss By-The-Day by Van Slyke, Lucille
I'll drive right up in my chariot of flame; I was going out, and it's waiting while I kalsomine my face.
From The Auction Block by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
They did allow him to kalsomine the ceilings and hang the wall paper; but they painted the floors and lower reaches of woodwork themselves.
From Just Patty by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)
Mr. Pyecroft sat silent on the foot of the bed for a space, grave but composed, gazing at a particular scale of the flaking kalsomine.
From No. 13 Washington Square by Scott, Leroy
I know,' says I to Andy, 'that sometimes a woman seems to step out into the kalsomine light as the charge d'affaires of her man's political job.
From The Gentle Grafter by Greening, H. C.
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