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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

A piece of fine glasspaper wrapped round a squared piece of pine, will make a good surface.

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

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

From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert

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 Tressell, Robert

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 Petherick, Horace

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