grease-paint

A lean bronzed face was revealed, the strong lines of which not even the artificial dirt and grease-paint could alter.

The Moon of Skulls Howard, Robert E. 2005

Philadelphia, with vacation nearly over, there was rest in getting out of the heavy atmosphere of flowers and grease-paint, and the ponies took off their corsets with abdominal pains and sighs of relief.

This Side of Paradise 2003

The unhappy woman, sweating with anguish through her grease-paint, tried for a little longer to hold out then stopped and looked round the audience with an appealing gaze of misery and anger which succeeded only in increasing the uproar.

The Guermantes Way 2003

They spent minutes more checking themselves and each other, making certain that exposed skin was covered with camo grease-paint, that snaps and swivels on rifles and equipment were secured with black tape, that no one wore anything which might shine or clink or rattle and thus give their presence away to the enemy.

Carrie Douglass, Keith 1991

Unlike the actress, she could throw no hysterics, china objets d'art or grease-paint to relieve her tension.

The Ship Who Sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

Unlike the actress, she could throw no hysterics, china objets d'art or grease-paint to relieve her tension.

the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

The Barnies didn't bother to change out of their acting clothes, but came into the kitchen as they were, grease-paint running down their cheeks in the heat.

Five Go Down To The Sea Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1953

And we'll borrow some grease-paint from Toni and give you all dark Tauri-Hessian faces!

The Circus of Adventure Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

Toni had lent them grease-paint and each of them was as dark as a Tauri-Hessian-face, neck, legs, and hands!

The Circus of Adventure Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

He grabbed a bottle of rubbing alcohol from the nearest table, gushed some on a towel stained with grease-paint and, holding the dead head by its red hair (no, wig -- the real one wore a wig too) scrubbed the forehead.

No Great Magic Fritz Leiber 1951