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A great wave of repugnance swept over her, engulfed her, as her eyes traveled over the rows of small wooden houses with their stiff, uncomfortable porches, their treeless yards, and their flaunting paintiness.

From The Gold Girl by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

Its cold, pink paintiness lay damply to her face.

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie