stickum

[stik-uh m]

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noun Informal.

any adhesive substance.

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Origin of stickum

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

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Related Words for stickum

adhesive, plaster, mud, sand, shackle, paste, cement, bind, fix, glue, connect, spit, gum, patch, stick, fasten, mucilage, fetter, chain

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Historical Examples of stickum

Could be pure accident—some chemical in the stickum spoiled.
The Plague
Teddy Keller
Harry Donnelle said they melted the stickum with gasoline and that it didn't hurt the leopard much.
Roy Blakely, Pathfinder
Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Word Origin and History for stickum

n.

"glue, paste," 1909, from stick (v.).

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