stickum

[ stik-uhm ]
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nounInformal.
  1. any adhesive substance.

Origin of stickum

1
1905–10; stick2 + -um (spelling variant of 'em)

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How to use stickum in a sentence

  • Harry Donnelle said they melted the stickum with gasoline and that it didn't hurt the leopard much.

    Roy Blakely, Pathfinder | Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • Could be pure accident—some chemical in the stickum spoiled.

    The Plague | Teddy Keller