library paste


noun
  1. a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.

Origin of library paste

1
First recorded in 1950–55

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How to use library paste in a sentence

  • They carefully devised vitamin-free, protein-free, mineral-free diets that tasted like library paste and smelled worse.

    The Coffin Cure | Alan Edward Nourse
  • Colored tissue papers, scissors and library paste are always in demand.

  • library paste—always on Tuesday,” Sim finished, giving the college slang name to cornstarch pudding of a pale yellow hue.

    The Orchard Secret | Cleo Garis
  • As Sim had foretold, at the close of the meal large bowls of “library paste” made their appearance.

    The Orchard Secret | Cleo Garis
  • One face of it should then be covered with a coating of library paste, the pattern laid upon it, and rubbed down smooth.