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marking ink

British

noun

indelible ink used for marking linen, clothes, etc

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Berrington started as his eye fell on the name plainly set out in marking ink.

From The Slave of Silence by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)

This plant contains a milky, acrid, glutinous juice, which forms a permanent stain when dropped on linen, and which might form a good marking ink.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

We always have our initials put on a haggis with marking ink before despatching it to be tailor-pressed.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

There is a fortune in this recipe, as a good marking ink is very salable.

From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by Bogardus, C. A.

I will make arrangements for the reception of them, and Byrom shall get us a store of packing-boxes and marking ink.'

From The Gold of Chickaree by Warner, Susan

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