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单词 aspinall
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Aspinallv.

/ˈaspɪnəl/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Aspinall.
Etymology: < H. E. Aspinall, the name of the manufacturer of a brand of enamel paint.The company was established in 1885 and was originally based in New Cross, London; in 1914 it set up another factory in Mitcham, Surrey. It went out of business in 1934.
transitive. To paint (articles of household furniture, esp. when old and shabby) with Aspinall's Enamel Paint.
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society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > decorate [verb (transitive)] > paint > paint using other specific material or process
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1889 Jrnl. Educ. Aug. 388/1 Three low wicker chairs ‘Aspinalled’ in dark green.
1891 M. E. Mann Winter's Tale II. i. xi. 25 The..stool, which Erica herself had aspinalled in a spare hour.
1908 A. Bennett Buried Alive vii. 165 What a smell of paint!..You surely haven't been aspinalling that bath-room chair?

Derivatives

ˈAspinalling n.
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1891 (title) Guide to aspinalling. By a lady.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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