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der Putz (no pl.)
   plaster, grout, roughcast; stucco (Gipsputz); (dated) finery, trappings

Die Jecken hauten noch einmal richtig auf den Putz.
The Mardi Gras/Carnival clowns/fools were really living it up yet again.
Wir bewerfen die Wand mit Putz.
We’re plastering the wall.
Das Dach wird erneuert und der Putz aus DDR-Zeiten wird entfernt.
The roof is being renovated and the plaster from the GDR days is being removed.

Related:
auf den Putz hauen to revel, live it up, raise the roof, go to town; boast, brag
putzen to clean; polish
die Zähne putzen to brush one’s teeth
die Putzfrau cleaning lady
unter Putz concealed, flush-mounted
der Verputz plaster, plastering (on wall)
verputzen to plaster
der Verputzer plasterer
verputzt plastered, covered with plaster

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