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stickum

American  
[stik-uhm] / ˈstɪk əm /

noun

Informal.
  1. any adhesive substance.


Etymology

Origin of stickum

1905–10; stick 2 + -um (spelling variant of 'em )


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Goodell strayed far from common sense and from any previous penalty for ball tampering, such as receivers using stickum.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2016

Rice's post raises the question as to whether the use of stickum was rampant among receivers in the NFL during the 1980s and 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2015

It remains to be seen if any other receivers or players from the 1980s and '90s come out to support or deny Rice's claim that stickum use was rampant during those decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2015

Biletnikoff would put a sticky substance called stickum on his hands to make it easier to catch the ball.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2011

“We put stickum paper over cracks in the cave, to catch crawling bugs,” Johnson said to me.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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