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grease-painted

grease-painted is the alternative form of greasepainted.

Meaning of greasepainted

Adjective

greasepainted (not comparable)

  1. Wearing greasepaint.
    • With sweat streaking down his greasepainted face, the clown raced to the edge of the arena, taking refuge at the top of the fence. Two other clowns emerged to chase the bull through the fence to the holding pen.1994, Dirk Johnson, Biting the Dust

Origin of grease-painted

From grease paint /grease-paint + -ed.

Questions about grease-painted

What is grease-painted the alternative form of?
Grease-painted is the alternative form of greasepainted.

Words near grease-painted in the dictionary

  1. grease the wheels
  2. grease up
  3. grease-monkey
  4. grease-monkeys
  5. grease-paint
  6. grease-painted
  7. grease-paints
  8. grease-pot
  9. grease-pots
  10. greaseable
  11. greaseball

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