sticking plaster

noun

an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.

Origin of sticking plaster

First recorded in 1645–55

Words nearby sticking plaster

stick float, stickful, stickhandle, stickhandler, sticking place, sticking plaster, sticking point, stick in one's craw, stick insect, stick-in-the-mud, stickit

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Example sentences from the Web for sticking plaster

But the fighting grew more and more serious, till the stock of sticking-plaster could not stand it.
Perlycross|R. D. Blackmore
We have there a cantonment, and thither I went for the mere sake of the surgeon and the sticking-plaster.
Burlesques|William Makepeace Thackeray
I glanced at the memento indicated, and observed that it contained a photograph of Mr. Hines (without the sticking-plaster).
The Green Eyes of Bst|Sax Rohmer
The tube is anchored to a denture, or by means of a silk thread to the cheek by sticking-plaster.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles

Take this sticking-plaster and draw the lips of the wound together, and if you keep the dirt out it may heal without a scar.
Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6)|John McElroy

British Dictionary definitions for sticking plaster

sticking plaster

noun

a thin cloth with an adhesive substance on one side, used for covering slight or superficial woundsUsual US term: adhesive tape

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单词	sticking plaster
释义	sticking plaster noun an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc. Origin of sticking plaster First recorded in 1645–55 Words nearby sticking plaster stick float, stickful, stickhandle, stickhandler, sticking place, sticking plaster, sticking point, stick in one's craw, stick insect, stick-in-the-mud, stickit Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sticking plaster But the fighting grew more and more serious, till the stock of sticking-plaster could not stand it. Perlycross\|R. D. Blackmore We have there a cantonment, and thither I went for the mere sake of the surgeon and the sticking-plaster. Burlesques\|William Makepeace Thackeray I glanced at the memento indicated, and observed that it contained a photograph of Mr. Hines (without the sticking-plaster). The Green Eyes of Bst\|Sax Rohmer The tube is anchored to a denture, or by means of a silk thread to the cheek by sticking-plaster. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.\|Alexander Miles Take this sticking-plaster and draw the lips of the wound together, and if you keep the dirt out it may heal without a scar. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6)\|John McElroy British Dictionary definitions for sticking plaster sticking plaster noun a thin cloth with an adhesive substance on one side, used for covering slight or superficial woundsUsual US term: adhesive tape Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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