burnished
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He follows in the footsteps of such presidential image burnishers as Truman's Leonard Reinsch, Eisenhower's James Hagerty and Nixon's Herbert Klein.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such is the character of a poet in a poetical age!—The tuneful race have many corporate bodies of mechanics; Pontypool manufacturers, inlayers, burnishers, gilders, and filers!
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
They are to reflect a concentrated blaze from the gas-lights in the evening, to point out specks and dimnesses, to the eyes and fingers of the burnishers.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
Many women are employed as filers, burnishers, polishers, finishers, &c. &c.; and they get from 6s. to 12s. per week.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 by Various
The Herbst method of filling consists in introducing and condensing tin in cavities by means of smooth, highly tempered steel engine or hand burnishers.
From Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth by Ambler, Henry Lovejoy
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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The Time Machine
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