grease paint
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Walter Laffey, the seventeen-year-old son of Councilman Laffey of Kearney, is suffering from blood poisoning on the left side of the face, caused by a combination of burnt cork and grease paint. Laffey is a member of the Acetaria Circle of the Kearny High School, which recently gave a minstrel show. He applied grease paint and burnt cork to his face in profusion."
- "Meanwhile, the ultimate body-painting team, the Blue Man Group, uses a theatrical grease paint made by Mehron and available through Alcone stores[…], says Paul Ackerman, the group’s general manager of production."
- "[A] small but rapidly growing assembly of clowns has taken over the pavement. […] Others stand nonchalant in their over-sized shoes and grease paint, making small talk with their families and greeting old friends."