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lacquer

noun as in coating

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This is drilled into African American girls from early childhood, when Disney first sinks its lacquered claws into America’s daughters.

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For the moment, if it’s a Monday at 5:30 p.m., you can find Singletary at his black lacquered piano ready to welcome anyone who needs it into the “Piano & Prayer” family.

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But look a little closer and you’ll notice a layer of thick, shiny lacquer, still wet after these films have been haphazardly jammed through the marketing machine.

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And then there are the newer versions — birds brined in buttermilk or their skins lacquered to glossy, bronzed perfection.

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Around since the 1850s, tintype photography captures a still image on a thin metal plate coated with dark lacquer or enamel.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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