spirit gum
noun
a glue used in fastening false hair, as a beard or mustache, to an actor's skin.
Origin of spirit gum
1First recorded in 1890–95
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How to use spirit gum in a sentence
Padded pieces may be joined on to the other parts of the face with spirit-gum and coloured to match.
I remember once hearing a capital gag at the Gaiety Theatre on this whisker-spirit-gum question.
There was the smell of spirit gum and Max Factor and just plain men.
No Great Magic | Fritz Reuter Leiber
British Dictionary definitions for spirit gum
spirit gum
noun
a glue made from gum dissolved in ether used to stick a false beard, etc, onto the face
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