| Ointment applications |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Applies lightly |
USA Today |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Ointment amounts |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Ointment amounts |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Small presses |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Gentle pats |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Small dollops |
Universal |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Bits of paint |
Newsday |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Pats stud's bottom and stomach muscles |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 May 2025 |
| Experts on fish? (4) |
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| Small amounts of face cream |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2025 |
| Pats with a tissue |
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| Bits of makeup |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Applies gently, ... with calamine |
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| Amounts of cream |
New York Times |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Applies lightly |
LA Times Daily |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Tiny globs |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Fingerprints taken from fish? (4) |
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| Pats at with cloth (4) |
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| Small amounts, as of hair gel |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2025 |
| Fingerprints of fishes? |
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| Dollops |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2025 |
| Blots |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2025 |
| Puts one's head in the crook of one's elbow |
|
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| Small amounts of hot sauce |
|
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| Fish fingerprints? (4) |
|
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| Blots |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Small globs |
USA Today |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Flounders' cousins |
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| Wipes - fingerprints (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Nov 2024 |
| Wipes a fingerprints (4) |
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| Lightly touches fish (4) |
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| Applies powder, say |
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| Common flatfish that live on the sandy bottoms of the shallow seas around Northern Europe (4) |
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| Ointment amounts |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Oct 2024 |
| Moisturizer applications |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Pats lightly with a cloth (4) |
|
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| Small bits of gel |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Puts a bit on the fish (4) |
|
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| Bits of makeup |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Aug 2024 |
| Small amounts of flounders, for example (4) |
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| Applies to fingerprints (4) |
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| Paints with light touches |
Family Time |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Wipes gently |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Meme dance moves |
|
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| Small amounts of glue |
|
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| Terribly sad about second-class swimmers (4) |
|
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| Smidgens, as of cream |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Applies with pats |
|
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| Small amounts of paint |
Universal |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Fingerprints (slang) |
|
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| Fingerprints, slang (4) |
|
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| Small amounts, as of lotion |
|
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| Small amounts of cream |
|
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| Fish with fingerprints |
|
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| Small touches |
LA Times Daily |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Light pats |
|
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| Fingerprints, informally (4) |
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| Fad gestures |
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| Finger-paints, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2023 |
| Small globs |
USA Today |
27 Oct 2023 |
| Pats gently with a towel, say |
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| Uses finger paint, say |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jul 2023 |
| Bits of paint |
Newsday |
28 Jun 2023 |
| Delicately applies |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Apr 2023 |
| Small amounts |
LA Times Daily |
12 Apr 2023 |
| Bits of paint |
Newsday |
08 Feb 2023 |
| Small amounts |
New York Times |
29 Nov 2022 |
| Applies gently |
Universal |
12 Nov 2022 |
| Glue amounts, often |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2022 |
| Bits of paint |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Oct 2022 |
| Blots gently |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2022 |
| Soft touches |
Newsday |
13 Aug 2022 |
| Bits of paint |
Newsday |
27 Jul 2022 |
| Applies light touches and prints |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Jun 2022 |
| Bits of makeup |
Thomas Joseph |
27 May 2022 |
| Applies gently |
LA Times Daily |
09 May 2022 |
| Applies gently |
The Washington Post |
09 May 2022 |
| Ointment amounts |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 May 2022 |
| Gentle touches |
Universal |
29 Apr 2022 |
| Bits of glue |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Apr 2022 |
| Bits of glue |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Feb 2022 |
| Pats |
Canadiana |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Small globs |
Universal |
17 Jan 2022 |
| Bits of hot sauce |
USA Today |
02 Jan 2022 |
| Applies with a Q-tip |
LA Times Daily |
06 Dec 2021 |
| Bits of paint |
Newsday |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Eye gel amounts |
USA Today |
17 Aug 2021 |
| Applies in splotches |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Aug 2021 |
| Smears fingerprints |
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| Applies carefully |
Universal |
18 Apr 2021 |
| Bits of gel |
Universal |
01 Apr 2021 |
| Applies gently, as paint |
Family Time |
15 Mar 2021 |
| Smears fingerprints |
|
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| Ointment amounts |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2021 |
| Touches with a cotton ball, say |
USA Today |
14 Jan 2021 |
| Lawyer content to leave burglars' fingerprints |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 Dec 2020 |
| Pats gently |
LA Times Daily |
06 Nov 2020 |
| Pats gently |
The Washington Post |
06 Nov 2020 |
| Applies gently |
|
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| Applies touches of paint |
Family Time |
28 Sep 2020 |
| Ointment amounts |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Sep 2020 |
| Smidgens |
Premier Sunday |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Applies with a cotton ball |
USA Today |
10 Aug 2020 |
| Small globs |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Hair gel amounts |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Fingerprints |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Jun 2020 |
| Small bits of paint |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2020 |
| Applies with a cotton ball |
New York Times |
20 May 2020 |
| Smears experts |
|
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| Uses a tissue, maybe |
New York Times |
14 Feb 2020 |
| Pats gently |
|
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| Pats gently |
Premier Sunday |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Applies gently |
The Washington Post |
31 Dec 2019 |
| Applies gently |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2019 |
| Tiny amounts |
Universal |
22 Oct 2019 |
| Applies gently |
USA Today |
28 Sep 2019 |
| Applies, with "on" |
The New Yorker |
02 Sep 2019 |
| Applies gently, as paint |
|
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| Small amounts of sauce, e.g. |
|
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| Applies lightly, as paint |
Family Time |
16 Jun 2019 |
| Applies lightly |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2019 |
| Unguent applications |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Apr 2019 |
| Bits of paint |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2019 |
| Finger-paints |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Mar 2019 |
| Lawyer starts to broach suspect's fingerprint |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Mar 2019 |
| Applies lightly |
|
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| Ointment amounts |
|
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| Unguent applications |
|
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| Tiny amounts |
|
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| Applies gently |
|
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| Small bits of paint |
Newsday |
03 Dec 2018 |
| Experts — they can provide evidence for crime |
|
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| Pats gently, like when applying certain cosmetics |
|
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| Blots gently |
The Washington Post |
11 Sep 2018 |
| Blots gently |
LA Times Daily |
11 Sep 2018 |
| Unguent amounts |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Sep 2018 |
| Tragic upset involving Bunthorne's flatfish |
|
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| Pats |
Canadiana |
27 Aug 2018 |
| Applies powder, say |
|
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| Pats gently |
Newsday |
16 Aug 2018 |
| Little amounts of cream |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2018 |
| Applies sparingly |
Newsday |
24 Jun 2018 |
| Gentle touches |
USA Today |
01 May 2018 |
| Brylcreem amounts |
New York Times |
24 Apr 2018 |
| Sponges lightly |
Universal |
09 Mar 2018 |
| Small amounts |
Universal |
25 Feb 2018 |
| Soft touches |
Newsday |
01 Feb 2018 |
| Fingerprints |
The Times Concise |
18 Jan 2018 |
| Small amounts |
|
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| Gentle touches |
|
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| Blots gently |
|
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| Unguent amounts |
|
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| Brylcreem amounts |
|
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| Little amounts of cream |
|
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| Small portions |
Newsday |
27 Oct 2017 |
| Gel amounts |
Universal |
26 Oct 2017 |
| Hair gel amounts |
Universal |
19 Sep 2017 |
| Applies light touches and prints |
|
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| Fingerprints (sl.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Jun 2017 |
| Fishy lot providing police evidence? |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Jun 2017 |
| Little quick touches, as of paint |
Universal |
25 May 2017 |
| Puts on gently |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2017 |
| Puts on gently |
The Washington Post |
15 Mar 2017 |
| Painters' touches |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2017 |
| Artistic light touches |
Universal |
10 Feb 2017 |
| Bits of makeup |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jan 2017 |
| Hair gel amounts |
|
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| Pats gently |
|
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| Painters' touches |
|
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| Wee bits |
Premier Sunday |
01 Jan 2017 |
| Artistic light touches |
|
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| Gel amounts |
|
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| Little quick touches, as of paint |
|
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| Paints delicately |
The Washington Post |
18 Dec 2016 |
| Applies lightly or artistically |
Universal |
18 Dec 2016 |
| Touches lightly |
Newsday |
24 Aug 2016 |
| Light touches |
USA Today |
23 May 2016 |
| Applies makeup |
Thomas Joseph |
16 May 2016 |
| Applies gingerly |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2016 |
| Small applications |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2016 |
| Small applications |
|
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| Applies lightly or artistically |
|
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| Light touches |
|
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| Delicately applies |
|
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| Small amounts of moisturizer |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Nov 2015 |
| Little bits |
LA Times Daily |
04 Oct 2015 |
| Small amounts, as of cream |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2015 |
| Applies gently |
Newsday |
19 Jun 2015 |
| Brylcreem applications |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Pats gently |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Small spots |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2015 |
| Applies gently |
|
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| Little bits |
|
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| Small amounts |
|
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| Pats gently |
|
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| Brylcreem applications |
|
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| Small amounts, as of cream |
|
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| Applies gently |
|
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| Applies gingerly |
|
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| Small spots |
|
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| Soft touches |
|
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| Experts in digitally-recorded evidence |
|
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| Small amounts, as of cream |
|
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| Applies lightly, as paint |
|
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| Cotton ball applications |
|
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| Slight touches |
|
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| Pats on, as makeup |
|
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| Fish for fingerprints |
|
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| Little touches, as of paint |
|
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| Little touches, as of paint |
|
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| Small dollops |
|
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| Light touches |
|
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| Pats (on) lightly |
|
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| Touch-up strokes |
|
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| Wee bits |
|
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| Applies lightly |
|
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| Touch-up strokes |
|
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| Applies with a Q-Tip, say |
|
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| Smidgens |
|
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| Paints quickly |
|
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| Applies in light strokes |
|
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| Smidgens |
|
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| Soft touches |
|
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| Soft pats |
|
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| Applies lightly |
|
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| Smidgens of hair gel |
|
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| Soft pats |
|
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| Applies in light strokes |
|
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| Smidgens of hair gel |
|
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| Applies lightly |
|
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| Applies gently |
|
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| Small amounts of sunscreen |
|
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| Applies with a Q-Tip |
|
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| Tiny amounts |
|
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| Bits of hair cream |
|
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| Pats gently |
|
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| Soft touches |
|
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| Paints gently |
|
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| Applies lightly |
|
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| Little bits |
|
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| Soft touches |
|
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| Small amounts |
|
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| Soft touches |
|
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| Touches lightly |
|
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| Small amounts |
|
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| Light applications |
|
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| Brylcreem applications |
|
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| Gently applies |
|
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| Applies, in a way |
|
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| Artistic touches |
|
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| Moist modicums |
|
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| Dollops |
|
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| Brylcreem applications |
|
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| Small dollops |
|
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| Applies lightly |
|
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| Applies with a cotton swab, e.g. |
|
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| Wee bits |
|
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| Smidgens |
|
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| Applies with a Q-tip |
|
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| Applies gently |
|
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| Small quantities |
|
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| Small amounts |
|
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| Artist's light touches |
|
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| Pats on lightly |
|
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| Light strokes |
|
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| Applies lightly |
|
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| Pats on |
|
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| Gentle touches |
|
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| Easy strokes |
|
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| Easy strokes |
|
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| Small quantities |
|
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| Hits lightly |
|
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| Applies lightly |
|
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| Small amounts |
|
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| Brylcreem applications |
|
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| Pats on, as makeup |
|
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| Wipes lightly |
|
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| Sand __ (fish) |
|
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| Artistic touch-ups |
|
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| Hair-cream portions |
|
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| Small bits |
|
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| Paints pointillistically |
|
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| Soft touches |
|
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| Experts |
|
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| Smidgens |
|
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| Applies lightly |
|
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| Smidgens |
|
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| Small amounts |
|
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| Smidgens |
|
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| Pats |
|
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| Sponges lightly |
|
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| Pats |
|
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| Puts on paint lightly |
|
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| Small servings |
|
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| Small amounts |
|
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| Smidgens, as of cream |
|
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| Small amounts |
|
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| Pats gently |
|
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| Dollops |
|
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| Touches |
|
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| Quick strokes |
|
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| Applies lightly |
|
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| Taps gently |
|
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| Little ones'll do ya |
|
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| Small amounts, as of cream |
|
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| Touches up, as with paint |
|
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| Applies artistically |
|
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| Small globs |
|
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| Applies makeup lightly |
|
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| Blots |
|
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| Touches lightly, as with a hanky |
|
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| Applies with a Q-tip |
|
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| Dollops |
|
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| Bits |
|
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| Pats lightly |
|
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| Pats |
|
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| Amounts of paint |
|
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| Uses a powder puff |
|
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| Artist's touches |
|
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| Dollops of liquid |
|
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| Cotton ball applications |
|
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| Applies hastily |
|
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| Touches gently |
|
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| Quickly applies |
|
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| Palette quantities |
|
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| Little touches, as of paint |
|
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| Touches lightly, as with a hanky |
|
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| Teeny amounts |
|
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| Artist's touches |
|
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| Pats |
|
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| Flatfish |
|
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| Taps or pats |
|
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| Smears |
|
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| Uses a powder puff |
|
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| Touches lightly |
|
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| Applies with cotton balls |
|
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| Small flatfishes |
|
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| Small flounders |
|
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| Flatfish |
|
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| Flounders |
|
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| Pecks at |
|
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| Small flounder |
|
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| Light brushstrokes |
|
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| Paints delicately |
|
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| Pats moistly |
|
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| Pats; smidgens |
|
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| Emulates Monet |
|
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| Touches lightly |
|
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| Paints quickly |
|
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| Small bits |
|
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| Small portions |
|
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| Light strokes |
|
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| Small lumps |
|
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| Relatives of sole |
|
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| Gently touches |
|
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| Flounders. |
|
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| Small flatfish. |
|
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| Pats of butter. |
|
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| Experts: Brit. |
|
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| Little pats. |
|
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| Pecks. |
|
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| Touches. |
|
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| Small flounders. |
|
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| Light strokes. |
|
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| Touches gently. |
|
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| Flat fish. |
|
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| Strikes gently. |
|
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| Puts on, as rouge. |
|
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| Fishes. |
|
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| Flatfishes. |
|
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| Applications of hair gel |
|
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| Small amounts. |
|
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| Flatfish. |
|
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| Pats. |
|
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| Gel amounts |
|
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