Definitions

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  • verb transitive To varnish again, a further time.

Etymologies

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re- +‎ varnish

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Examples

  • “I have great childhood memories of my mother baking, and I was always a willing participant,” he cracked, “especially if it meant I could revarnish the kitchen floor with treacle.”

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • “I have great childhood memories of my mother baking, and I was always a willing participant,” he cracked, “especially if it meant I could revarnish the kitchen floor with treacle.”

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • All the work cost $600 – and for that all-inclusive price, he also agreed to sand and revarnish the hardwood floors, build two floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in the living room, and retile the bathroom.

    The Pursuit of Happiness Douglas Kennedy 2001

  • All the work cost $600 – and for that all-inclusive price, he also agreed to sand and revarnish the hardwood floors, build two floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in the living room, and retile the bathroom.

    The Pursuit of Happiness Douglas Kennedy 2001

  • Dip the bristles in mastic varnish, sprinkle them thickly over the flock, and leave for twenty-four hours to dry; when thoroughly dry, revarnish the bare edge, and turn it in underneath the other edge, thus forming the strip into a pipe, ready to receive the wire stems of the leaves.

    The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous

  • All he did vas to scrape it down and revarnish it -- and now it is joost as good as new. '

    Felix O'Day Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

  • The walls are something that you can sand and revarnish.

    NYT > Home Page By STEVEN KURUTZ 2011

  • All is well now, cleaning and a quick revarnish later.

    Looking for a voice 2010

  • If I owned The Horns, I would revarnish the dining furniture to match the roof beams, and put in a lighter carpet to give the restaurant a contemporary feel, while leaving the bar as it is to appeal to the traditional punters.

    Express & Star 2009

  • And they can only become fewer and shoddier, as we batter and revarnish and “mend” them whenever we think we’ll have a hamfisted go … See?

    The Great California Game Gash, Jonathan 1991

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