Example Sentences

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The public ear has been grievously bent, and therefore any novel about jazzmen that is fresh, authentic and ungummed by cultism is an achievement.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beneath their very noses a local dealer was flaunting a sheet of 200 Mother's Day stamps, unperforated, ungummed, and autographed by James Aloysius Farley.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the other letter he read Gus Trenor's name; and the flap of the envelope was still ungummed.

From House of Mirth by Wharton, Edith

All the specimens furnished will be ungummed, and the official stamps will have printed across the face the word "Specimen" in small type.

From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr

In dyeing yarns, the silk is first ungummed and cleaned by boiling in soap and water, then washed in cold water.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)