nailpolished

English

Adjective

nailpolished (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of nail-polished
   • 1970, William C[harles] Anderson, “The Blues Migratoria”, in Roll Up the Wallpaper, We’re Moving!, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, Inc., →LCCN, page 71:

     Holly’s school art project—an old bathtub that had been painted with daisies and avant-garde designs—squatted in the comer, its nailpolished lion’s feet gripping the cement floor in defiance.

   • 1976, Robin Morgan, “The City of God”, in Lady of the Beasts, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, pages 20–21:

     Give me some helpful hints on what revolutionary cleaning agent could make the women on the corner break into bloom again, rinse the bum’s mouth with rosewater, straighten and anoint those gnarled, nailpolished claws?

   • 2003, Q. Synopsis, “Metanoir”, in Johnny Werd: The Fire Continues, Urbana, Ill.: Spineless Books, →ISBN, page 92:

     ruby nailpolished fingers obscure the word PYNCHO

   • 2003, Sallie Lowenstein, “The Jacks”, in Sender Unknown, Kensington, Md.: Lion Stone Books, →ISBN, page 213:

     He smiled as her yellow nailpolished toenails blinked in and out from under the hem of her gown.

   • 2005, Edith Mirante, “Vultures Over Chittagong”, in Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on Burma’s Frontiers, Bangkok: Orchid Press, →ISBN, page 15:

     The Rakhine family’s eccentric transvestite servant, in iridescent sarong and frosted lipstick, would sashay out with the tea tray, proffering the biscuit plate with his nailpolished right hand and a bow.

   • 2014, Melanie Klein, “F*** Yer Beauty Standards!”, in Melanie Klein, Anna Guest-Jelley, editors, Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery & Loving Your Body, Woodbury, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, part three (Culture and Media), page 118:

     I used to think I was giving society a big ol’ black-nailpolished middle finger as I would strut down the streets in my Docs and torn fishnets.