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third-person singular simple present blancos, present participle blancoing, simple past and past participle blancoed
(transitive) To polish using Blanco. quotations examples
The Independence celebrations were coming, contingents of police had to be drilled and blancoed and starched before proceeding to Kuala Lumpur to represent the state.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 604
Eddie went back to his sea cadets, leading the band on Sunday mornings. He always looked very smart. He used to spend most of Saturday evening blancoing his kit and pressing his blue uniform.
2012, Pat Coppard, In Spite of Everything ......: A Life-Story of Fear, Heartbreak, Love, Trickery and Triumph