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ˈwar-paint
1. Among North American Indians: Paint applied to the face and body before going into battle.
1826J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans xxiii, The young Huron was in his war-paint. 1837R. M. Bird Nick of the Woods II. 44 His countenance, grim with war-paint. 1857Putnam's Monthly Mag. May 452/2 He [the Indian] has put on his war-paint, and is prepared for death.
2. colloq.
a. One's best clothes and finery; esp. ceremonial military or official costume, ‘full fig’.
1859H. Kingsley G. Hamlyn xiv, Old Lady E―..in her war-paint and feathers—pinker than ever. 1879H. N. Moseley Notes Nat. ‘Challenger’ 497 The officers of the ship donned, as in duty bound, full ‘war paint’ to receive him. 1883E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leicestersh. 380 A stiff shower took all the glaze off our war-paint ere the meet was reached.
b. Cosmetics, make-up.
1869B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp 84 The stranger..[brightened] through the color which Red Gulch knew facetiously as her ‘war paint’. 1945L. Shelly Jive Talk Dict. 35 War paint, cosmetics. 1957Landfall XI. i. 41 ‘In a moment,’ Sylvia said, clicking open her purse. ‘Just a daub of warpaint.’ 1970R. Lowell Notebk. 57 If I look for the unbelievably beautiful In a city, it's mostly women in their war-paint. 1977J. Gardner Werewolf Trace x. 91 She had a fresh coat of warpaint and was all breathless. |