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whore-paint

whore-paint is the alternative spelling of whore's paint.

Meaning of whore's paint

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

Questions about whore-paint

What is whore-paint the alternative spelling of?
Whore-paint is the alternative spelling of whore's paint.

Words near whore-paint in the dictionary

  1. whore's eyes
  2. whore's paint
  3. whore's-bird
  4. whore's-birds
  5. whore-fucking
  6. whore-paint
  7. whorebug
  8. whorebugs
  9. whored
  10. whored after
  11. whored around

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