Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Covered with japan, or with something resembling it in effect.
- Appearing as if varnished with japan: as, the japanned peacock, Pav. nigripennis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner.
- adjective leather treated with coatings of Japan varnish, and dried in a stove.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
japan .
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Examples
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There is one strange fact with respect to the peacock, namely, the occasional appearance in England of the "japanned" or "black-shouldered" kind.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845
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Cook and Johnston came tearing around the corner carrying a beautiful japanned sedan chair between them.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Cook and Johnston came tearing around the corner carrying a beautiful japanned sedan chair between them.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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The horses (dappled greys) are to be stabled at Whitehall, and the coach (japanned black lacquer with lots of gold trim—gaudy) brought round to her special entrance when she has use of it.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Traveling on the liner Duchess of Richmond, the group carried "a small black japanned box," Mr. Phelps writes.
Allied in the Quest for Radar Henry Petroski 2011
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The horses (dappled greys) are to be stabled at Whitehall, and the coach (japanned black lacquer with lots of gold trim—gaudy) brought round to her special entrance when she has use of it.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Tizard's mission to the U.S. brought along one of them in the japanned box.
Allied in the Quest for Radar Henry Petroski 2011
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Eugene came back with the champagne and two cut-glass flutes on a black japanned tray.
Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010
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“Why, Boss, have you got yourself japanned?” he went on.
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Mr. Commissioner Pordage kept in a red-and-black japanned box, like a family lump-sugar box, some document or other, which some Sambo chief or other had got drunk and spilt some ink over (as well as I could understand the matter), and by that means had given up lawful possession of the
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