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Definition of Prettifiers
1. prettifier [n] - See also: prettifier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prettifiers
Literary usage of Prettifiers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cities of Lombardy by Edward Hutton (1912)
"The native artistic genius that they might have killed had never existed, and
their schools consist, as we might suppose, of copyists and prettifiers: ..."
2. Scepticisms: Notes on Contemporary Poetry by Conrad Aiken (1919)
"In its healthily acrid presence it has been increasingly difficult for the
prettifiers, the airy treaders of preciosity, the disciples of sweetness and ..."
3. Scepticisms: Notes on Contemporary Poetry by Conrad Aiken (1919)
"These are the prettifiers, the brighteners of life, the lilting ones. They fill
our standard magazines; they are annually herded by Mr. Braith- waite into ..."
4. Scepticisms: Notes on Contemporary Poetry by Conrad Aiken (1919)
"In its healthily acrid presence it has been increasingly difficult for the
prettifiers, the airy treaders of preciosity, the disciples of sweetness and ..."
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