greasepainted

adj

greasepainted

adj

Etymology From greasepaint + -ed.

1

Wearing greasepaint.

With sweat streaking down his greasepainted face, the clown raced to the edge of the arena, taking refuge at the top of the fence. Two other clowns emerged to chase the bull through the fence to the holding pen.1994, Dirk Johnson, Biting the Dust:

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