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library paste

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of library paste1

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

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

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.

As Sim had foretold, at the close of the meal large bowls of “library paste” made their appearance.

One face of it should then be covered with a coating of library paste, the pattern laid upon it, and rubbed down smooth.

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