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pipeclays

pipeclays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pipeclay.

Meaning of pipeclay

Verb

pipeclay (third-person singular simple present pipeclays, present participle pipeclaying, simple past and past participle pipeclayed)

  1. (transitive) To whiten by application of pipeclay.
    • I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 24
  2. (UK, dated, slang, transitive) To clear off.
    • to pipeclay accounts

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Questions about pipeclays

What is pipeclays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pipeclays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pipeclay.

Words near pipeclays in the dictionary

  1. pipecase
  2. pipecases
  3. pipeclay
  4. pipeclayed
  5. pipeclaying
  6. pipeclays
  7. pipecolate
  8. pipecolates
  9. pipecolic
  10. pipecolic acid
  11. pipecoline

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