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Definition of manicure noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

manicure

noun
 
/ˈmænɪkjʊə(r)/
 
/ˈmænɪkjʊr/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. the care and treatment of a person’s hands and nails
    • to have a manicure
    • The new beauty salon does manicures, facials and pedicures.
    compare pedicure
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from Latin manus ‘hand’ + cura ‘care’.
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