gum eraser
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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When she makes a mistake, she scrubs at it with a gum eraser, delicately blowing the leavings from the page, as though she were wishing on a dandelion.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016
Some leather buffs use an art gum eraser on stains, while others maintain that leather should be permitted, like a fine old wine, to mellow, undisturbed.
From Time Magazine Archive
With his feet cocked on his desk, he picked up a square gum eraser and a handful of paper lips and went to work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Erased half of it with her almost-nub-like gum eraser.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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