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Definition of glassine in English: glassinenoun ˈɡlɑːsiːnɡlaˈsēn mass noun, usually as modifier A glossy transparent paper. a box full of foreign stamps still in their glassine envelopes Example sentencesExamples - Snowflakes in glassine envelopes are pretty cute.
- A small glassine bag drug dealers use to store crack, coke or heroin sat open and empty beneath a row of bushes.
- The pavement was glassine and visibility was limited.
- The road petered out in a jumble of old crash-barriers and concrete dividers, littered now with cigarette and roach butts and the occasional glassine envelope emptied of cocaine.
- The tiny parcels of glassine paper that enfold the diamond morsels pass between pairs of traders, are examined, dismissed - considered.
- By the late 1960s, glassine bags had replaced capsules as the dominant packaging technique and heroin was available in a variety of sales units.
Origin Early 20th century: from glass + -ine4. Definition of glassine in US English: glassinenounɡlaˈsēn usually as modifier A glossy transparent paper. Example sentencesExamples - The tiny parcels of glassine paper that enfold the diamond morsels pass between pairs of traders, are examined, dismissed - considered.
- The pavement was glassine and visibility was limited.
- By the late 1960s, glassine bags had replaced capsules as the dominant packaging technique and heroin was available in a variety of sales units.
- Snowflakes in glassine envelopes are pretty cute.
- A small glassine bag drug dealers use to store crack, coke or heroin sat open and empty beneath a row of bushes.
- The road petered out in a jumble of old crash-barriers and concrete dividers, littered now with cigarette and roach butts and the occasional glassine envelope emptied of cocaine.
Origin Early 20th century: from glass + -ine. |