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Manicure   Listen
verb
Manicure  v. t. & v. i.  (past & past part. manicured; pres. part. manicuring)  
1.
To care for (the hands and nails); to care for the hands and nails of; to do manicure work.
2.
To trim carefully and meticulously; as, to manicure a lawn.





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"Manicure" Quotes from Famous Books



... solidity and reality. The planting of her firm black bulk in its chair, and the grasp of her broad red hands on the gilt arms, bespoke an organized and self-reliant activity, accounted for by the fact that Mrs. Heeny was a "society" manicure and masseuse. Toward Mrs. Spragg and her daughter she filled the double role of manipulator and friend; and it was in the latter capacity that, her day's task ended, she had dropped in for a moment to "cheer up" the lonely ...
— The Custom of the Country • Edith Wharton
... grievance it is to her—Mrs. S. Cora Grubb. You have seen it in the newspapers, I suppose; she has a half column "ad." in the Sunday Observer once a month. Wouldn't you like your nails attended to? I have a perfectly splendid manicure stopping ...
— Marm Lisa • Kate Douglas Wiggin


Words linked to "Manicure" :   aid, tending, groom, care, cut


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