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paintwork

/ (ˈpeɪntˌwɜːk) /

noun

a surface, such as wood or a car body, that is painted

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Words nearby paintwork

paint oneself into a corner, paint pot, paint roller, paint stripper, paint the town red, paintwork, painty, pair, pair bond, pairing, pairle
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Example sentences from the Web for paintwork

  • The Cape cart stood on the veld, without a scratch on the paintwork.

    The Dop Doctor|Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

  • She has a deck-house for her sailors, and her paintwork is the same.

    The Last Entry|William Clark Russell

  • A seaman wiping down the paintwork on the deckhouse saluted.

    Where the Blue Begins|Christopher Morley

  • It all tastes of creosote; and then the damned stuff rubs off on the ship and ruins the paintwork.

    Cappy Ricks|Peter B. Kyne