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- noun Alternative form of
potichomania .
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Examples
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If the potichomanist wishes to decorate the mouth of his vase with a gold border, he can do so by mixing some gold powder in a few drops of the essence of lavender and some varnish, applying it on the vase with a fine brush; or he can purchase gold bands, already prepared for application, in varied sheets, suitable to the potichomanie designs.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young
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Among other objects, certain large glass vases, ornamented by the polite art of potichomanie, have long appealed to my fancy, wherein they capriciously allied themselves to the history of aging single women in lonely New England village houses, -- pathetic sisters lingering upon the neutral ground between the faded hopes of marriage and the yet unrisen prospects of consumption.
Suburban Sketches William Dean Howells 1878
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The Madonna is neighbored by several paintings, if the kind called Grecian for a reason never revealed by the inventor of an art as old as potichomanie itself.
Suburban Sketches William Dean Howells 1878
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Tinsel painting was a variant of potichomanie in which a metallic foil would be crumpled and applied behind the unpainted areas of the glass to give it an intriguing sparkle in gas or candlelight.
Book-Wyrm-Knits 2010
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Sculptural crafts included shellwork, featherwork, leatherwork, waxwork, and mosaic work, as well as the weird and exotic arts of hairwork, "skeletonizing" and potichomanie.
Book-Wyrm-Knits 2010
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