chapstick
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of chapstick
C20: from a trademark
Example Sentences
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All police found in his pockets was chapstick, a vape pen and AirPods, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024
Politico reporter Olivia Beavers shared an image of Bean and Greene with said chapstick, which was branded for Bean's congressional campaign.
From Salon • May 24, 2023
In the kits, which the medical student compiled through donations via an Amazon Wishlist, Benzel and Loki provide healthcare workers with things like healing lotion and moisturizer, Gold Bond powder, chewing gum, chapstick, and tea.
From Fox News • Apr. 18, 2020
New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy, hero of the National League playoffs, made a disastrous error in Game 4 of the World Series, after which he sheepishly applied chapstick to his lips.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2015
Simon Periton, one of the artists in the V&A show, yells, "Oi!" when he sees me sneaking a tube of colorless chapstick to my lips.
From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2012
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