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Pointing to Trooper John Tedbury, Guide Reeves said that his ebony boots are patent leather and his breastplate stainless steel and untarnishable, so that the guards never have to do any polishing.

From Time Magazine Archive

His attempt canonized Berkman in Emma's eyes, set an untarnishable halo round his head.

From Time Magazine Archive

The alloy is of a fine white colour, and is very little affected by air — in fact, it is to some extent untarnishable.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard

Now Tristrem Varick had never known a mother, sisters he had none, the feminine had been absent from his life, but in his nature there was an untarnishable refinement.

From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Saltus, Edgar

Mechanics were anxious to get the new metal, for it was light and untarnishable, but the metallurgists could not furnish it to them at a low enough price.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.