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Sellotape

/ ˈsɛləˌteɪp /

noun

  1. a type of transparent adhesive tape made of cellulose or a similar substance

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. (tr) to seal or stick using adhesive tape

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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"Whoever was doing the packaging had stuck a nylon bag over one end, another nylon bag over another end, and then used Sellotape to kind of make some sort of Christmas cracker."

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Moody adds that even though "we've gone bigger" the show "hasn't lost the silliness of small theatre" and "is still being held together with Pritt Stick and Sellotape."

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It looked like my old school shirt when I petted our dog, before my mother wrapped her hand in Sellotape and pulled the fur from the white cotton.

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Instead, get some Sellotape and press it on to the glitter to remove.

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“No piece of Sellotape strikes me as an adequate marital partner,” she said.

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