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
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
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
Erased half of it with her almost-nub-like gum eraser.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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