Meanings
verbpiano-polish (third-person singular simple present piano-polishes, present participle piano-polishing, simple past and past participle piano-polished)
present singular third person piano-polishes · participle present piano-polishing · participle past piano-polished · past piano-polished
- To treat (furniture) with piano polish; French-polish.
The papier mâché desk he passed tolerantly as bric-à-brac, but the china-cabinet was dismissed with contempt. "Deal stained black and piano-polished," he said.
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 75
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