preburnished

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English

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ burnished.

Adjective

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preburnished (not comparable)

  1. burnished in advance
    • 2008 March 3, Susan Dominus, “Electing a Woman to the White House: Who’s on Deck?”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Like Hillary, Governor Sebelius’s name comes preburnished, thanks to her father-in-law, Keith Sebelius, a former veteran member of Congress, and her father, John Gilligan, the former governor of Ohio.
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