Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
guttapercha .
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Examples
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These, twisted loosely into a small cable, are surrounded by repeated layers of gutta-percha, which is, in turn, covered with jute.
Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele
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I love the signage from three different eras, and the erupting thick black wires that look like they've been dipped in gutta percha -- it's my favorite kind of London streetscene, walls that have been scarred and repurposed as the technologies of municipal living changed.
Boing Boing 2008
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Gutta-percha impressions and electrotypes were finally created, the current lot being one of the rare original electrotypes.
Waterloo Medal by Benedetto Pistrucci : Coin Collecting News 2008
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Not gutta-percha, you understand, nor any cheap composition; but pure Para rubber of the best quality.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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In the sale is a gutta-percha ball made by famed Scottish golfer Willie Park Jr. around 1896.
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"Featheries" -- balls made from stitched leather stuffed with feathers -- were replaced by a smoother play with gutta-percha balls.
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It is almost enough to make me wish that the ghost of "Bully" Brooks would possess House Minority Leader John Boehner, who would then grab a gutta-percha cane, and mistaking Senator Lieberman for Charles Sumner, beat him half to death on the Senate Floor.
Forcing Their Hand 2009
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As Sumner began to stand up, Brooks began beating Sumner on the head with his thick gutta-percha cane with a gold head.
Dan Manatt: South Carolinians Gone Wild: Wilson's Only the Latest ... 2009
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The players took fistfulls of wet sand to build a little hill to elevate their balls made of gutta percha, a material from the rubbery dried sap of sapodilla trees.
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Gutta-percha impressions and electrotypes were finally created, the current lot being one of the rare original electrotypes.
Waterloo Medal by Benedetto Pistrucci : Coin Collecting News 2008
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