whore's paint

English

Alternative forms

• whore paint
• whore-paint

Etymology

• whore +‎ -'s +‎ paint

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹzˌpeɪnt/

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Noun

whore's paint (uncountable)

1. (vulgar, derogatory) Excessive, gaudy, or tasteless makeup.
   • 1960, Pietro Di Donato, Three Circles of Light, Messner, page 238:

     See — there is rouge and whore's paint on thy white starched and pleated shirt!

   • 1983, Cathy Cash Spellman, So Many Partings, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 164:

     'Twas the whore's paint that fooled me, thought Tom. She's no more than twenty-two [...]

   • 1991, Jane Feather, The Eagle and the Dove, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 48:

     I will not have that . . . that whore's paint on my face!"