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glasspaper

British  
/ ˈɡlɑːsˌpeɪpə /

noun

  1. strong paper coated with powdered glass or other abrasive material for smoothing and polishing

"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

verb

  1. to smooth or polish with glasspaper

"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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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

I can't understand where 'e gets all the glasspaper FROM.'

From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell

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

Occasionally small pieces get chipped off the lower rim of the shell; the latter under these circumstances, as before observed, should never be rubbed smooth with glasspaper or cut down.

From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick

For the small parts that require levelling, small pieces of glasspaper attached to a stick of pine shaped according to requirement will be found useful.

From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick

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