war paint
Noun
Meaning
Pigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle.
(informal) Cosmetics, makeup.
war-paint (countable and uncountable, plural war-paints)
Alternative spelling of war paint
Alternative names
war-paint
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Examples
They wore their strange beauty like war paint.
I'll jump in, since I'm at Bouchercon myself and catching up on the week's blogs before I get my war paint on and plunge into the day's activities.
The brothers gained acclaim by flying across the ring in bright colors, flying tassels and dazzling war paint.
Each warrior had a unique design for the war paint that they often wore into battle.
Feathers from birds, particularly eagle feathers, were also worn in battle as symbols of prestige and for reasons similar to war paint.
He noted the presidency was an office "in which a man must put on his war paint".