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varnisher

English edit

Etymology edit

varnish +‎ -er

Noun edit

varnisher (plural varnishers)

  1. Agent noun of varnish; one who varnishes.
  2. (UK, slang, obsolete) A coiner of counterfeit money.
    • 1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, page 60:
      U was an Uptucker, fly with the cord; / V was a Varnisher, dressed like a lord; […]

References edit

  • (coiner of counterfeit money): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams edit

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