stickum

[ stik-uhm ]

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nounInformal.

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

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