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piano-polishes

piano-polishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of piano-polish.

Meaning of piano-polish

Verb

piano-polish (third-person singular simple present piano-polishes, present participle piano-polishing, simple past and past participle piano-polished)

  1. To treat (furniture) with piano polish; French-polish.
    • The papier mâché desk he passed tolerantly as bric-à-brac, but the china-cabinet was dismissed with contempt. "Deal stained black and piano-polished," he said.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 75

Questions about piano-polishes

What is piano-polishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Piano-polishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of piano-polish.

Words near piano-polishes in the dictionary

  1. piano-fortes
  2. piano-forté
  3. piano-fortés
  4. piano-polish
  5. piano-polished
  6. piano-polishes
  7. piano-polishing
  8. piano-violin
  9. piano-violins
  10. pianocentric
  11. pianoed

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