stainless

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Evil fortune had kept his sword stainless, as far as regular warfare went, but there was generally a little fighting going on somewhere, and, the captain's leave of absence coinciding, he from time to time managed to sniff the exhilarating smell of powder, and knew the music of bullet and shell.

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  1. adjective Without stain or blemish: a stainless reputation.
  2. adjective Resistant to stain or corrosion: stainless metal.
  3. adjective Made of a stainless material: a stainless teapot.

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  • The clichéd green tile, stainless-steel equipment, instruments, tubes. —  The Empty Chair
  • "Right about now Denny is on a stainless-steel table at Hennepin County Medical Center getting himself sawed in half by a medical examiner Ellen, please," Grabko chastised her. —  TAMI HOAG
  • Underneath the warm panels of glass are stainless-steel dishes full of curry, lumps of sheek kebab on skewers, mounds of onion bhajis, savaloy sausages, and pakoras. —  EQMM, May2006
  • Louise D'Acre extended a slender arm to one of the bodies, which lay side by side on separate stainless-steel tables. —  EQMM, May2006
  • Its stainless-steel links rattled as it fell, then it snapped tight against the bracket Murphy leaned over the hatch and peered downward, then looked up again. —  chronospace
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stainless-steel ·  spotless ·  wooden ·  cylindrical ·  rusty ·  aluminum ·  shiny ·  ceramic ·  unsullied ·  horizontal ·  unblemished ·  brass
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