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whore's paint

/ˈhɔɹzˌpeɪnt/

whore's paint noun: excessive, gaudy, or tasteless makeup.

Noun

whore's paint (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, vulgar) Excessive, gaudy, or tasteless makeup.
    • See — there is rouge and whore's paint on thy white starched and pleated shirt!1960, Pietro Di Donato, Three Circles of Light, Messner, page 238
    • 'Twas the whore's paint that fooled me, thought Tom. She's no more than twenty-two [...]1983, Cathy Cash Spellman, So Many Partings, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 164

Forms of whore's paint

alternative formwhore paint
alternative formwhore-paint

Origin of whore's paint

* whore + -'s + paint

Questions about whore's paint

What does whore's paint mean?
Whore's paint means excessive, gaudy, or tasteless makeup.
What part of speech is whore's paint?
Whore's paint is a noun.
How do you pronounce whore's paint?
Whore's paint is pronounced /ˈhɔɹzˌpeɪnt/ (US).

Words near whore's paint in the dictionary

  1. whore up
  2. whore's bath
  3. whore's baths
  4. whore's egg
  5. whore's eyes
  6. whore's paint
  7. whore's-bird
  8. whore's-birds
  9. whore-fucking
  10. whore-paint
  11. whorebug

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