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frosting

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frosting
1. a rough or matt finish on glass, silver, etc.
2. Slang the practice of stealing a car while the owner has left it idling in order to defrost the windows and heat the engine
frosting [′frȯst·iŋ]
(engineering)
Decorating a scraped metal surface with a handscraper. Also known as flaking.
frosting
1. A surface haze on the surface of a paint film caused by very fine wrinkling.
2. A lusterless finish of metal or glass.
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His shirt-front and cuffs were white frosting, and the buttons on his coat were licorice drops.
The Road to Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
It was a most delectable cake, with a nosegay atop, and round it on the snowy frosting there ran a pink inscription, just as it had been every year since Tom could remember.
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