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greasepaint
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
greasepaint
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Dotty said it was as well right from the beginning to learn how to use greasepaint properly.
▪ He showed a handful of greasepaint and rubber to the officer, who strode over and asked a question.
▪ His nose was red but his grin was tired, like a clown without greasepaint.
▪ Many took time to sleep, while others applied greasepaint in shades of green, brown and black for camouflage.
▪ She took a cigar box from a cupboard, opened it and displayed a number of sticks of greasepaint.
▪ There was a smear of yellow greasepaint on the collar of his shirt.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
greasepaint

greasepaint \greasepaint\ n.

  1. a greasy substance containing pigments, used as makeup by actors, clowns, and other entertainers; as, the smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd.

  2. Theatrical makeup, generally.

Wiktionary
greasepaint

n. A mixture of grease and colouring matter used as theatrical makeup

WordNet
greasepaint

n. a greasy substance used as makeup by actors

Usage examples of "greasepaint".

You couldn't let anyone play it who was under the age of forty, not unless you wanted an Old Miskin with a cushion up his jerkin and greasepaint wrinkles.

You couldn’t let anyone play it who was under the age of forty, not unless you wanted an Old Miskin with a cushion up his jerkin and greasepaint wrinkles.

With a few minutes of additional peeling and scrubbing, Ogle managed to get loose from most of the makeup, though a few fragments of it still stuck to him here and there, like bits of tissue paper left over from a bad shave, and the part of his face that hadn't been covered still had colored greasepaint on it.

Angelica's greasepaint make-up was a pale bluish grey, her hair a mass of tomato ketchup.