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Manicure   Listen
verb
Manicure  v. t. & v. i.  (past & past part. manicured; pres. part. manicuring)  
1.
To care for (the hands and nails); to care for the hands and nails of; to do manicure work.
2.
To trim carefully and meticulously; as, to manicure a lawn.





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"Manicure" Quotes from Famous Books



... the chair, we see (in the mirror before us) the lovely reflection of the beautiful manicure lady, and she arches her eyebrows at us to convey the intimation that we ought to have our hands attended to, old Lao-Tse is ready with the answer. We reassure ourself ...
— Plum Pudding - Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned • Christopher Morley
... and the manicure artist have discovered the same law of compensation. If a man has a big ear he may have only a little corn. With Jim it was about the same. He chased short-weight fellows all day and when it came night he piled on all the weight he could just to lift himself ...
— Cupid's Middleman • Edward B. Lent


Words linked to "Manicure" :   tending, groom, attention, manicurist, aid, care, beauty treatment, manicure set, cut


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