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cornflour

/ ˈkɔːnˌflaʊə /

noun

  1. US and Canadian name: cornstarcha fine starchy maize flour, used esp for thickening sauces

  2. a fine wheat flour

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Footage of the event showed several people trying to restrain the pair as they sprayed the stones with a mix of cornflour, talcum powder and orange dye.

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Ms Naidu, Ms Lynch and Mr Watson had been accused of using two colour blasters filled with cornflour, talc and an orange dye to spray the monument in a protest on 19 June 2024.

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Just Stop Oil said the orange powder paint was cornflour and it would "wash away with rain".

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The group said the orange powder paint was cornflour and would "wash away with rain".

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Prosecutor Vijay Khutan told the court the pair threw orange cornflour on to the pitch before being subdued by stewards and led off the grass.

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