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
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
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 Petherick, Horace
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
I can't understand where 'e gets all the glasspaper FROM.'
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
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