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☆ spirit gum

a solution of gum arabic in ether, etc. used as in the theater to attach false hair, whiskers, etc. to the face

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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