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- noun Plural form of
baseboard .
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Examples
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Our building has some problems with mold - not least of all in our bathroom, where the baseboards are all greeny.
Yesterday moriarty6 2006
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Hopefully you won't mind if the baseboards are a little dirty if it saves my sanity a bit this week :
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This is particularly important if they want to spray baseboards, which is a gimmick and not legitimate pest control.
SFGate: Top News Stories Richard Fagerlund 2011
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I've been stuck inside, giving me ample time to observe that my kitchen cabinets could use a wipe-down and my baseboards are a little dusty.
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Bedbugs like to live in dark, hidden places such as baseboards, creases in furniture and behind cabinets.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Bedbugs like to live in dark, hidden places such as baseboards, creases in furniture and behind cabinets.
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You ask around and it turns out your friend Susan has been using the same cleaning woman for 74 years—a reliable Belarus native who scrubs the baseboards with a toothbrush for $15 an hour.
Really Cleaning Up Anne Kadet 2011
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There are no baseboards on the distressed French oak floors to keep the lines clean and simple, the owners say.
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There are no baseboards on the distressed French oak floors to keep the lines clean and simple, the owners say.
A Private Retreat In the Suburbs Sarah Tilton 2011
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All that was left now were faded spots on walls, dust bunnies along the baseboards and empty hangers in closets—a series of blank spaces where things had once been, like the bare shelf in the shed that stood on their perfectly manicured backyard.
Curb Appeal Ann Wahlman 2011
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