mache
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mache
1820–30; < French mâche, perhaps by apheresis (or by association with mâcher to chew) from dial. pomache, with same sense, perhaps < Vulgar Latin *pōmasca, derivative of Latin pōmum fruit
Example Sentences
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Anyone can join the march down city streets behind the paper mache Arnold to New London’s Waterfront Park, where the mayor cries, “Remember New London,” and puts a torch to the effigy.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, near Bristol, have been getting their lionesses ready for Sunday's fixture with giant paper mache footballs.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2023
A lyric from that song inspired a paper mache sculpture, “A Love That Should Have Lasted,” that Grant created for a 2008 solo show at L.A.’s Honor Fraser Gallery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
Festive décor was placed around the courtroom, including Halloween banners, spider webs, eyeball balloons, paper mache jack-o-lanterns, candy buckets and not-so-scary cutouts.
From Fox News ● Nov. 2, 2021
“Only for about ten seconds. Then it fell apart, and the papier mache clogged up the drain in the art-room sink for a month.”
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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