varnishing day


Origin of varnishing day

1
First recorded in 1815–25

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use varnishing day in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for varnishing day

varnishing day

noun
  1. (at an exhibition of paintings) the day before the opening when artists may varnish or retouch their pictures after they have been hung

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012