lead paint
collocation in Englishmeaningsofleadandpaint
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lead
adjective[before noun]
uk/liːd/us/liːd/
used to describe the main performer or part in ...
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paint
noun[C or U]
uk/peɪnt/us/peɪnt/
a coloured liquid that is put on a surface such as a wall to ...
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(Definition ofleadandpaintfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These weathering processes have apparently removed theleadpaintcoating that was on the wood and in some areas deposited the residual material in the ground below the wallboards.
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What are the facts with regard to whiteleadpaintas opposed to white zinc paint?
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Leadpaintis no longer acceptable in one's house; and fishermen have long given up using lead weights.
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Accordingly, the danger of lead poisoning cannot be eliminated if there be in fact a coat or coats ofleadpaint.
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For very many years, as we have been reminded this afternoon, we have been trying to find substitutes for whiteleadpaint.
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If it is not effective, let us take the stronger step of prohibiting the rubbing down ofleadpaintaltogether.
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They are against the proposed prohibition because it must mean a largely diminished production of whiteleadpaintand consequent unemployment.
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I rise to protest against the use ofleadpaint.
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The metal is jagged, and the paint isleadpaint.
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You have neither time nor inclination to deal with the ravages of theleadpaintindustry.
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Who would think of usingleadpaintwhich causes poisoning and ignoring zinc paint which does not cause it?
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Oldleadpaintwill go on being rubbed down by the dry process for the next, six, eight, or possibly 10 years.
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Women employed in painting babies' perambulators with whiteleadpaintwere taken violently ill and died.
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A child can fill its lungs withleadpaintdust particles over a period of two or three days, and that could be absolutely lethal.
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But let me take another illustration, theleadpaintindustry.
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It is not, however, at all possible to say as a certainty whether there isleadpaintor not.
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