Example Sentences

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"I wouldn't like to undertake the puttying up that would deceive you."

From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Green, Anna Katharine

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 Whall, C. W.

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 Gallagher, Sears

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 Tressell, Robert

Affix the braces just after filling, using brads and puttying the holes with putty colored to match the filler.

From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)