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Plasticine|ˈplæstɪsiːn, ˈplɑːst-|
[f. plastic a. + -ine4.]
Proprietary name for a composition capable of remaining plastic for a long time, used in schools, etc. as a substitute for modelling clay. Also Comb. and quasi-adj. (in fig. use).
1897W. Harbutt (title) Harbutt's plastic method and the use of Plasticine. 1903H. G. Wells in Fortn. Rev. Jan. 184 Some one of the plastic substitutes for modelling clay now sold by educational dealers, plasticine for example. 1926R. Macaulay Crewe Train ii. vii. 152 She..idled about with toy soldiers or plasticine or meccano. 1935H. G. Wells Things to Come xiii. 124 A nursery of children. Anno 2055. They play with plasticine, draw on sheets of paper.., build with bricks or run about after each other. 1958Spectator 4 July 12/1 He was so pliant, so plasticine,..so insidiously seeing it all the other chap's way. 1967H. Porter in Coast to Coast 1965–6 177 The sugar..infesting their plasticine-like texture tasted of garlic. 1976Times 28 Jan. 1/3 The Russians..would respect us more if we were led by an iron lady rather than a Plasticine man. |