"blanco" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈblæŋkəʊ/ Forms: blancos [present, singular, third-person], blancoing [participle, present], blancoed [participle, past], blancoed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} blanco (third-person singular simple present blancos, present participle blancoing, simple past and past participle blancoed)
  1. (transitive) To polish using Blanco. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-blanco-en-verb-waTGN87C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for blanco meaning in English (1.5kB)

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          "ref": "1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 604",
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          "text": "2012, Pat Coppard, In Spite of Everything ......: A Life-Story of Fear, Heartbreak, Love, Trickery and Triumph\nEddie went back to his sea cadets, leading the band on Sunday mornings. He always looked very smart. He used to spend most of Saturday evening blancoing his kit and pressing his blue uniform."
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        "(transitive) To polish using Blanco."
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