Lucite

[ loo-sahyt ]

/ ˈlu saɪt /

a transparent or translucent plastic, any of a class of methyl methacrylate ester polymers.

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Both were dressed in what looked like workmen's overalls made of lucite chain-mail, or knitted glow-worms.
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He got a block of lucite, a foot square on the end by two and a half feet long, out of a closet under the chart table.
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