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Meanings of furbish up in English
Usage of furbish up in English
1
We arrived in time to furbish up and get to the English church before services began.
2
And lackeys will wander forth with scented notes of their mistresses, and many a gallant will furbish up his buckles.
3
Spain and Portugal, in the midst of all these eager rivalries, were tempted to furbish up their old and half-dormant claims.
4
Denis, my two brothers-in-law, and I had a vehicle to ourselves, which it had not been thought necessary to furbish up.
5
I intend to furbish up our family history and mythology, and then I shall assert that I attach no importance to them.
6
They could easily furbish up some story, and as Braddock doubtless had money, could easily buy a passage for a large sum.
7
After the long rest they had been able to brush and furbish up their best uniforms, until they were both neat and bright.
8
Probably, as we carried some of the guns, they took us for a party of hunters who wished to furbish up before revisiting civilization.
9
The aristocracy of the Ancient Dominion was furbishing up its former splendor.
10
Some of them had been furbished up till they looked like gold.
11
When thus furbished up the unsightly club becomes an elegant walking stick.
12
There was a great deal of furbishing up at the palace.
13
Our clean blues were furbished up, lanyards scrubbed, and money counted.
14
Henry mentally furbished up his George Eliot to reply.
15
The furniture had been repaired and furbished up.
16
A barber was requisitioned, accoutrements were furbished up, and weather-beaten sombreros were ornamented with brilliant ribbons.
