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Dulux
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English
Etymology
Brand name, derived from en durable and en luxury.
Proper noun
A brand of architectural paint.
Derived terms
en Dulux dog
Verb
en transitive To paint or daub with Dulux paint.
en 1986 James Phillip McAuley Quadrant 30 92 “It might have been a nice fireplace once,” Caroline drummed her nails on the Duluxed mantel, “only you can't tell. It's a very small room.”
en 2004 Adbusters 12 1837 I tell him that I felt guilty – not because I had broken the law but because I had used a can of paint to get revenge and the boy had to live with his name Duluxed across the road.
en 2010 Richard Mabey A Brush With Nature I wondered what conceivable meaning there could be in the Duluxing of a perfectly lively fallow tree, but from the way environmental art is shaping up at present, I could make a rough guess.