rubber-cementv.
/ˌrʌbəsᵻˈmɛnt/, U.S. /ˌrəbərsəˈmɛnt/ transitive. To fix with rubber cement. Also figurative.
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1896 Recreation Jan. p. xv/1 The bottom is wide, made up of two electric soles, rubber cemented together.
1944 Pop. Mech. June 136 The original pencil drawing of the design is rubber-cemented to the celluloid.
1961 W. Sansom Last Hours of Sandra Lee 246 Bossom was already home, rubber-cemented to his favourite comedian on the telly.
1962 ‘E. McBain’ Like Love (1964) vi. 82 Grossman turned over the lucite-encased sketch and studied the typewritten key rubber-cemented to its back.
2008 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. (Nexis) 6 Apr. a2 I sometimes miss rubber-cementing my story pages together.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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