rubber ice
noun
Canadian. thin ice that shifts, cracks, or groans when crossed on foot.
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How to use rubber ice in a sentence
A folded floe and six miles of rubber ice were not sufficiently out of the way to constitute an impressive incident.
Billy Topsail, M.D. | Norman DuncanIt was "India-rubber ice" no longer; it was cracked and brittle to the very shore.
The Wolf's Long Howl | Stanley WaterlooNow and again he ran nimbly over many yards of rubber ice, which yielded and groaned, but did not break.
The Adventures of Billy Topsail | Norman DuncanI had no wish to slide on rubber-ice just for the sake of seeing it bend.
The Prairie Mother | Arthur Stringer
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