varnished

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She told MPs that this included a “foetal skeleton posed under a glass dome, a human thigh bone turned into a cane, a human jawbone necklace and the varnished skull of a six-year-old”.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

They were stripped of paint, polished and varnished for their second life.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024

A quick way to see whether something is laminated or varnished is to tear it, she explained.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

How a star’s public persona, varnished or unvarnished, can dictate what they can get away with in the eye of their followers.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2023

His varnished hat was shining in the wet.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway