Definition of "housepainting" []

• The painting of houses, the trade of a housepainter. (noun)

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• "The proposed legislation would raise VAT rates in a curious assortment of categories, including housepainting and some restaurant meals, to 7% from their previously "reduced" rate of 5.5%."
• "I was limited to about six cans of industrial-strength enamel paint, all in rather strong colors, and three oversize housepainting brushes, each in various stages of gunk."
• "BUT, when housepainting, I can park the ladder under a window and paint the trim with either hand."