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paintbrushes

  • plural
    of paintbrush.
    paintbrush
    noun
    a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.

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His answer could be seen Friday, when students from The Bush School and Seattle Academy gathered at the site, paintbrushes in hand.

From Seattle Times Dec. 5, 2023

That’s in no more than half an hour of walking around, without trowels and paintbrushes.

From Science Magazine Nov. 30, 2023

If Stahelski’s canvases are $100-million studio movies with 400 cast and crew members, the highly trained stunt pros of 87Eleven are his lethally precise paintbrushes.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2023

Yet many Hospital Rooms projects require paintbrushes, power tools and other potentially dangerous objects.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 2022

I said, stuffing twigs into my pockets for our stove and my paintbrushes.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

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