glassine
a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.
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How to use glassine in a sentence
(In Philadelphia heroin comes in glassine envelopes ink-stamped with a brand name or logo).
It was of sulphite fiber inside, and glassine outside; a style afterward reversed, so as to have the glassine the inner tube.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersThere were several glassine packets, small packets of hypodermic needles—well, packed in and sterilized in.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyNever use glassine alone for it causes the grafts to overheat and so destroys them.
Growing Nuts in the North | Carl Weschcke
British Dictionary definitions for glassine
/ (ɡlæˈsiːn) /
a glazed translucent paper used for book jackets
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