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grease paint
noun
- an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- theatrical makeup.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grease paint1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
They said she had makeup that was like grease paint that was melting off her face.
From New York Times
Fitting for a portrayal pair of Broadway superstars, the series has grease paint running through its DNA.
From Washington Times
Fitting for a portrayal pair of Broadway superstars, the series has grease paint running through its DNA.
From Seattle Times
The character he performed – a limping, shuffling old black field-hand in jet black grease paint made from burnt cork – would ossify as the archetypal blackface minstrel.
From The Guardian
It reduces identity to a pot of grease paint, to a joke.
From Washington Post
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