paint
n.— «What do you like his tattoo or someething? Player of the year is not given for some paint on your arm.» —“Re: Stackhouse (Murphy)” by witte001@mc.duke.edu (Kevin Witte) Usenet: rec.sport.basketball.college Mar. 2, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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