noun
Etymology
Origin of India rubber
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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After all, his special and general relativity theories made the astonishing assertion that time, space and matter could be squeezed and stretched like so much India rubber.
From Time Magazine Archive
He took ballet lessons, along with a course in "eccentric dancing"�an outre British art that Dale describes as "learning to move the body as if it had no joints, like an India rubber doll."
From Time Magazine Archive
India rubber ball into a 6-ft.-square net, using a webbed hickory stick as a combination scoop and sling.
From Time Magazine Archive
If he was accused of " faking" live whales out of India rubber, or of labeling a mere man "The Bearded Lady"—that too brought people to his museum.
From Time Magazine Archive
“A drum with sticks. A coach and four. An India rubber ball, and a nutcracker. Nothing remotely edible.”
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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