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Varnisher   Listen
noun
Varnisher  n.  
1.
One who varnishes; one whose occupation is to varnish.
2.
One who disguises or palliates; one who gives a fair external appearance.





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"Varnisher" Quotes from Famous Books



... long-winded sermons, which he would deliver himself of uselessly if he attempted to shake his (Wacht's) resolution with respect to Nanni and Jonathan. Accident came to his rescue; for just as the canon, the young lawyer, and the varnisher were standing together, and the first-named was beginning to approach the most intimate relations of life in the most elegantly turned phrases, fat Hans shouted out "Wood here!" and big Peter on the ...
— Weird Tales, Vol. II. • E. T. A. Hoffmann
... canon's long-winded sermons, which he would deliver himself of uselessly if he attempted to shake his (Wacht's) resolution with respect to Nanni and Jonathan. Accident came to his rescue; for just as the canon, the young lawyer, and the varnisher were standing together, and the first-named was beginning to approach the most intimate relations of life in the most elegantly turned phrases, fat Hans shouted out "Wood here!" and big Peter on the other side pushed the wood across to him so roughly that it caught the canon a violent blow on the ...
— Weird Tales, Vol. II. • E. T. A. Hoffmann
... is varnished; and, if the plaster be genuine, it will adhere exceedingly well. The adulterated plaster is too hard for this; it will not stick, unless you moisten it on the varnished side.—The Painter, Gilder, and Varnisher's Companion. ...
— Scientific American, Vol.22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 • Various


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