Plasticine
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Today, he makes brightly colored, highly animated papier-mâché face coverings that he builds by layering strips of recycled newspaper dipped in a flour, water and salt paste over Plasticine forms.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2024
Vulnerable young Instagram users can spend hours each day scrolling through photos and blaming themselves for not living up to the unrealistic, Plasticine standards of “beauty” that proliferate there.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2021
"If that proves too taxing, then they are asked to organise a fashion parade or make Plasticine models," he added.
From BBC • May 9, 2013
SAT Sing and dance along to the music of the Beatles played by the Plasticine Porters, for all ages, lyrics and refreshments available, supports transitional housing for women in Seattle, 7:30 p.m.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2012
But except as mortar Plasticine should be shunned.
From Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
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