brillo-pad
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Brillo-pad
verb
To clean, scrub, or scour a surface, specifically pots, pans, or metals, using a brillo pad.
Informal; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "What had happened was - Bridget had indeed cleaned, scrubbed and Brillo-padded the oven. There remained a layer of soap along the grates and on the side-walls. What Bridget didn't do was rinse it out!"
- "She also Brillo-padded the front pipes which were working ones until she got water down them."
- "I was still Brillo-padding the black chunks of hash brown from the flat-top, erection fading."
- "He Brillo padded the cuffs with the same enthusiasm. Not a mark. I started to pull out my wallet."
- "Carl wipes his butt with wesson oil, sand, lighter fluid, and Crisco. Then he goes out to play pool. A real slip stroke artist, that one. He brillo pads his shaft if he hasn't had a date in a month. He buys them by the case. If he was on TV they'd call him Captain Buhrillo."
- "My sinuses feel Brillo-padded by the inhaled oven cleaner."