paste
noun
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
had been pasting
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past perfect progressiveof paste.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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One morning we had been pasting something, and the bell was rung by one of the daughters, a very fair girl with flaxen hair, who wanted some water to wash her hands.
From Diary in America, Series Two by Frederick Marryat
