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war paint

 noun
     
war paint [uncountable]
1SA paint that some tribes put on their bodies and faces before going to war
2DCB make-up (1) - used humorously:
Josie's just putting on her war paint.
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clansman anthropology clanswoman culturally culture demography -ese ethnic ethnography ethnology first generation intermarry interracial kinship megalith native neanderthal Neanderthal man Neolithic nomad orientalist peace pipe primitive primordial pygmy racial savage(a) savage(n) settlement settler taboo totem totem pole tribal tribalism tribe tribesman tribeswoman troglodyte wampum war dance war paint white

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