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▪ I. manicure, n.|ˈmænɪkjʊə(r)|
[a. F. manicure (1877 in Littré Suppl. Add.), f. L. manus hand + cūra care. Cf. the earlier pédicure.]
1. One who professionally undertakes the care and treatment of the hands and finger-nails.
1880Melbourne Bulletin 12 Nov. 7/3 When one has not been endowed with a perfect hand at birth,..the skill of a manicure will improve it. 1887Finck Rom. Love & Pers. Beauty II. 230 Manicures use acids in their shops, but the lemon is quite as good. 1893F. M. Crawford Marion Darche I. 41 Hands..which neither ordinary scrubbing nor the care of the manicure can ever keep clean.
2. a. The treatment and care of the hands and finger-nails.
1887Finck Rom. Love & Pers. Beauty II. 230 There are not nearly as many secrets in manicure as people imagine. 1900Pinero Gay Ld. Quex i. 2 The instruments and toilet necessaries employed in the process of manicure.
b. attrib. manicure case, manicure department, manicure girl, manicure parlour, manicure scissors, manicure set, manicure stick, etc.
1895Montgomery Ward Catal. 255/3 Combination Toilet and Manicure Case..contains complete set of 12 white Florence toilet and manicure fittings. 1967‘K. O'Hara’ Unknown Man ii. 10 There was a chip out of one nail, so that she would need the manicure case.
1887Mod. Society 23 July 749/2 A young lady employed in the manicure department of one of our most popular establishments.
1900Pinero Gay Ld. Quex i. 1 The scene represents a manicure establishment in New Bond Street.
1922S. Lewis Babbitt xviii. 219 Young women who had recently been manicure girls. 1946Vogue June 35/1 The manicure-girls stare contemptuously.
1890Pall Mall G. 6 Jan. 6/1 A set of manicure instruments.
1912Collier's 9 Nov. 11/3 Jack Zelig was a daily patron of a manicure parlor.
1893T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring & Summer 35/3 Scissors, manicure, 25 c. 1913J. Webster Daddy-Long-Legs 194 Sawing off picture wire with manicure scissors. 1952M. Norton Borrowers ii. 17 Homily..unhooked the blade and handle of half a pair of manicure scissors from a nail on the wall. 1973H. Nielsen Severed Key i. 14 Keith..located the cosmetic case... ‘Women usually carry a manicure scissors in these things,’ he said.
1897Sears, Roebuck Catal. 435/2 Manicure and Button⁓hook set, fancy, Solid Sterling Silver handles. 1945E. Bowen Demon Lover 72 A manicure-set in a purple box; all the objects..lay in grooves on white velvet. 1962Guardian 5 Dec. 6/4 A really complete manicure set..for 22s 6d.
1909E. Banks Mystery F. Farrington 162 Orange-wood manicure sticks.
▪ II. manicure, v.|ˈmænɪkjʊə(r)|
[f. prec.]
trans. To apply manicure treatment to. Also absol., transf. and fig. Hence ˈmanicured ppl. a., ˈmanicuring vbl. n.
1889Century Mag. Oct. 873/1 Where the mother's hands washed and cooked,..the daughter's shall..be soft and ‘manicured’ and daintily gloved. 1892G. & W. Grossmith Diary of Nobody xviii. 230 I'm going in for manicuring. It's all the fashion now. 1893Black & White 1 Apr. 384/2 [She] does her mistress's hair and manicures her. 1897V. Hunt Unkist, Unkind! xiii. (ed. 2) 246 Holding out a pretty manicured hand. 1900Pinero Gay Ld. Quex iv. 176 The young gentleman, his manicuring being done, has risen. 1922M. Arlen Piracy iii. vi. 192 Even her soul was manicured. c1926‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 97 You would make a good oil-painting if your face was manicured. 1936F. Clune Roaming round Darling viii. 68 The only prisoner in sight was a ‘lifer’ manicuring the garden. 1957J. Braine Room at Top i. 10 Big houses with drives and orchards and manicured hedges. 1964M. McLuhan Understanding Media ii. xxii. 217 This shift from the mobile open road to the manicured roots of suburbia may signify a real change in American orientation. 1972Times (Jamaica Suppl.) 7 Aug. p. vi/3 Manicured and well-watered fairways of tourist golf courses. 1973A. MacVicar Painted Doll Affair xiv. 164 A tractor-powered gang-mower was manicuring the last of the fairways. 1975New Yorker 19 May 115 (Advt.), Your day may be occupied..testing the exquisitely manicured golf course. |