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half-stuff

American  
[haf-stuhf, hahf-] / ˈhæfˌstʌf, ˈhɑf- /
Also half-stock

noun

  1. (in a manufacturing process) any material half formed, especially partly prepared pulp for making paper.

Etymology

Origin of half-stuff

First recorded in 1760–70

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