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Meanings of burnish up in English

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Usage of burnish up in English
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Their first care was to burnish up their armour and their weapons.
The Seven Champions of Christendom
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Charlotte would burnish up past foolishness, and this might upset her nerves.
A Room with a View
3
There are several establishments where they burnish up young ladies.
A Little Girl in Old New York
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He found them all hard at work burnishing up their armour.
At Agincourt
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He found Hiram busy burnishing up every bit of metal about the Monarch II.
Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane; Or, Daring Adventures over the...
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The old ecstasies are burnished up for the new occasion.
Literary and Social Essays
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Sometimes, for a change they turned to and cleaned their muskets and pistols, or burnished up their cutlasses.
The Rival Crusoes
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Being arrayed in a frock coat and somewhat burnished up, I suppose I had the appearance of a possible customer.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klinge...
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