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Brilliantine   Listen
noun
Brilliantine  n.  
1.
An oily composition used to make the hair manageable and glossy.
2.
A dress fabric having a glossy finish on both sides, resembling alpaca but of superior quality.






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"Brilliantine" Quotes from Famous Books



... strong leg, he enjoyed the muscular sensation of movement in his chest as he breathed. The bright, cold August day, which had made Anna feel so hopeless, seemed to him keenly stimulating, and refreshed his face and neck that still tingled from the cold water. The scent of brilliantine on his whiskers struck him as particularly pleasant in the fresh air. Everything he saw from the carriage window, everything in that cold pure air, in the pale light of the sunset, was as fresh, and gay, and strong as he was himself: the roofs of the houses shining in the rays of the ...
— Anna Karenina • Leo Tolstoy



Words linked to "Brilliantine" :   pomade, pomatum



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