blanco

present singular third person blancos · participle present blancoing · participle past blancoed · past blancoed

1. transitiveTo polish using Blanco.

   The Independence celebrations were coming, contingents of police had to be drilled and blancoed and starched before proceeding to Kuala Lumpur to represent the state.

   1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 604

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   2012, Pat Coppard, In Spite of Everything ......: A Life-Story of Fear, Heartbreak, Love, Trickery and Triumph Eddie 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.

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. An unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Tulare County, California.
4. A census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States.
7. A small city in Blanco County, Texas, United States.