nail-polish remover

See also: nail polish remover and nail-polish-remover

English

Noun

nail-polish remover (countable and uncountable, plural nail-polish removers)

1. Alternative form of nail polish remover.
   • 1990, Mary Ellen Pinkham, Pearl Higginbotham, Mary Ellen’s Greatest Hints, Fawcett Crest, →ISBN, page 34:

     When nail polish gets clumpy • Add a few drops of rubbing alcohol to thin it out. • Or, a few drops of nail-polish remover.

   • 2000, P.G. Engasser, J.S. Taylor, Howard I. Maibach, “Cosmetologists”, in Lasse Kanerva, P. Elsner, Jan E. Wahlberg, Howard I. Maibach, editors, Handbook of Occupational Dermatology, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 893:

     Nail-polish removers are mildly irritating to the skin, but minimum precautions ameliorate this problem.

   • 2005, Debra Lynn Dadd, Home Safe Home: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Everyday Toxics and Harmful Household Products, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, →ISBN, page 182:

     All major brands of nail-polish remover now have an acetone-free variety, which is easy to find at major drugstores.