shellacked

English

Etymology

shellac + -k- + -ed

Adjective

shellacked (comparative more shellacked, superlative most shellacked)

  1. Coated in shellac.
    • 1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, Penguin, paperback edition, page 41
      At Boy Bar, the bouncers, two tall, emaciated young men with shellacked hair under their bowler hats, were standing just inside the door to escape the cold.
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