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puttying

  • present participle
    of putty.
    putty
    noun
    a compound of whiting and linseed oil, of a doughlike consistency when fresh, used to secure windowpanes, patch woodwork defects, etc.

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The rest of my days will be spent in patching and painting and puttying and caulking my priceless possession and in looking the other way when an imploring argument or a damaging fact approaches.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

Unless this last practice is adopted throughout, the ordinary process of cementing must be omitted and careful puttying substituted for it.

From Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass by C. W. Whall

She is engaged in puttying up the one gaping joint in their armour.

From The Mystery of 31 New Inn by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

Well," 'e ses, "get it slobbered over as quick as you can," 'e ses, "'cos we ain't got much for this job: don't spend a lot of time puttying up.

From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell

So here and there she went, hammering, and screwing, and puttying, and painting, finding an outlet for much latent energy, and a use for her long repressed, although long suspected mechanical ability.

From Cicely and Other Stories by Sears Gallagher