glasspaper
Britishnoun
verb
Example Sentences
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Eagle-eyed officials, however, had other plans, penalising him two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker that had about as much sand in it as a six-inch square of glasspaper.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2010
Modern vandals rub these parts down with a file or glasspaper, to make it nice and even to their vision, saving themselves time and trouble.
From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick
He even went to the length of occasionally buying a few sheets of glasspaper with his own money, as Crass had told Hunter.
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
Preparation must be made for guarding the upper table of the violin from injury, from slips of the glasspaper file during the backward and forward movement.
From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick
I can't understand where 'e gets all the glasspaper FROM.'
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
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