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 Petherick, Horace
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
The glasspaper filing must be continued for some time and with several finer degrees until the surface appears perfectly even and seemingly quite finished, but the stages are not yet complete.
From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Petherick, Horace
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
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