"nailpolished" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nailpolished (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of nail-polished Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: nail-polished
    Sense id: en-nailpolished-en-adj-lfeACP8a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1970, William C[harles] Anderson, “The Blues Migratoria”, in Roll Up the Wallpaper, We’re Moving!, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, Inc., →LCCN, page 71",
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          "ref": "1976, Robin Morgan, “The City of God”, in Lady of the Beasts, New York, N.Y.: Random House, pages 20–21",
          "text": "Give me some helpful hints on what revolutionary cleaning agent could make the women on the corner break into bloom again, rinse the bum’s mouth with rosewater, straighten and anoint those gnarled, nailpolished claws?",
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          "ref": "2003, Q. Synopsis, “Metanoir”, in Johnny Werd: The Fire Continues, Urbana, Ill.: Spineless Books, page 92",
          "text": "ruby nailpolished fingers obscure the word PYNCHO",
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          "ref": "2003, Sallie Lowenstein, “The Jacks”, in Sender Unknown, Kensington, Md.: Lion Stone Books, page 213",
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          "ref": "2005, Edith Mirante, “Vultures Over Chittagong”, in Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on Burma’s Frontiers, Bangkok: Orchid Press, page 15",
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