Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A modeling-clay so compounded as to remain moist for a considerable time, and thus dispense with frequent wetting during the progress of the work.
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Examples
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For sculpture, I tend to use plastilina clay on a wire armature, and tend to go for a naked humanism that exposes our frailties.
Russ Wellen: This Hawk Flies High, But Alights on Terra Firma 2008
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I don't know, perhaps it's just the characters - an animated penguin with feathers looks a bit more amazing than an animated dog that looks like a plastilina figure?
MorningSpin#3, Wallace&Grommit magnio 2005
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“… rassomiglia una scivolosa massa di plastilina…”
Georgia’s Kitchen Jenny Nelson 2010
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