ebonite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ebonite
Example Sentences
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“And I thought, ‘I’ll take it and clean it up and use it,’ and that’s what I am using - an old Ebonite ball.”
From Washington Times • Apr. 23, 2015
Carter became the first athlete in American sports history to sign a $1 million marketing endorsement contract, with bowling-ball manufacturer Ebonite in 1964.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2012
He became the first athlete in American sports history to sign a $1 million marketing endorsement contract, with bowling ball manufacturer Ebonite in 1964.
From Newsweek • Jan. 7, 2012
Ebonite is best worked as if it were brass, with ordinary brass-turning or planing tools.
From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard
The standpoint is that of the peculiar Judaizing or Ebonite Christianity due to persistence among Christians of the tendencies known among pre-Christian Jews as Essene.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
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