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paint
noun- make up UK, 1660
- [T]he bird from the cabaret passed me on her way to her loo to get the paint off her boat [face]. — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 60, 1962
- The school marm came back with a new coat of paint and a bedroom smile. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 195, 1969
- the inside rails of a horse racing track AUSTRALIA
- Just as he spoke, the leaders swung wide and Magger goes through along the paint and dashes three lengths clear. — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 108, 1965
- Rufe had Ming stuck to the paint. He was surrounded by a wall made of horseflesh. — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 186, 1969
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 68, 1977
- — Joe Andersen, Winners Can Laugh, p. 47, 1982
- — Ryan Aven-Bray, Ridgey Didge Oz Jack Lang, p. 39, 1983
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 60, 1989
- in card games, a face card or a ten US
- — Steve Kuriscak, Casino Talk, p. 41, 1985
▶ come round on the paint
of a racehorse, to take a bend on the inside AUSTRALIA- — Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, 1953
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