Piano-polish

verb

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Verb
  1. 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."

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"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."

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