varnishing day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of varnishing day
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Last week this melon was cut and on a crowded varnishing day the 112th exhibition of the National Academy of Design opened.
From Time Magazine Archive
None of those discerning critics who stalk the galleries on varnishing day could have passed a canvas such as this without bending their rusty knees at least one creak in humble reverence.
From Sunlight Patch by Harris, Credo Fitch
It was varnishing day at the Academy, and she had gone down to put the last touches on her big portrait—the one of "Madame X." that she had begun in Paris the year before.
From The Fortunes of Oliver Horn by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
Naturally, on varnishing day he was at the Palais de l'Industrie.
From Boris Lensky by Schubin, Ossip
On the varnishing day it was sold to a dealer for two thousand francs.
From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix
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