| 单词 | face painter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasface painter face painter n. (a) a painter of portraits (now rare); (b) a person who applies decorative paint (or in early use, cosmetics) to the face. ΚΠ 1697 K. Chetwood Life Virgil in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. *1v Ill Face-Painters, not being able to hit the true Features..make amends by a great deal of impertinent Landscape and Drapery. 1753 Gen. Shop Bk. at Painter The face Painter will not take an apprentice under an hundred pounds, if he be eminent in his profession. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. xiv. 276 The highest face-painters are not the loveliest women. 1852 S. R. Maitland Ess. 107 (note) ‘He took me for a face-painter!’ said a late eminent artist. 1997 Progressive Greetings Nov. 81/3 A Family Fun Day complete with..face painters, expert storytellers and tarot readings. < as lemmas |
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