manicure
noun
a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
was manicuring
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past progressiveof manicure.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Ruth was manicuring her nails, and Alice was combing her hair.
From The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys by Laura Lee Hope
He was manicuring himself when I called, and I was asked whether I would see him now, or wait two hours till he had finished.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 by Various
