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rubbing one's face with a brass candlestick

rubbing one's face with a brass candlestick is the present participle of rub one's face with a brass candlestick.

Meaning of rub one's face with a brass candlestick

Verb

rub one's face with a brass candlestick (third-person singular simple present rubs one's face with a brass candlestick, present participle rubbing one's face with a brass candlestick, simple past and past participle rubbed one's face with a brass candlestick)

  1. (archaic, colloquial) To (prepare to) be very brazen or impudent.
    • Every step you take you proclaim yourself the father of him who rubbed his face with a brass candlestick1853, Walter William Broom, Many Botanical Secrets, page 4

Questions about rubbing one's face with a brass candlestick

What is rubbing one's face with a brass candlestick the present participle of?
Rubbing one's face with a brass candlestick is the present participle of rub one's face with a brass candlestick.

Words near rubbing one's face with a brass candlestick in the dictionary

  1. rubbing off on
  2. rubbing oil
  3. rubbing oils
  4. rubbing one off
  5. rubbing one out
  6. rubbing one's face with a brass candlestick
  7. rubbing one's hands
  8. rubbing one's hands together
  9. rubbing oneself off
  10. rubbing out
  11. rubbing post

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