Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
celluloid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
zylonite .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
celluloid
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Examples
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The manufacture of smokeless powders on the one hand, and of celluloid and xylonite (both in the form of films and solid aggregates) on the other, has taken no new departure.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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ASCENSION, MARE BOAT -- Wreck of unknown racing-plane, Parden rudder, wire-stiffened xylonite vans, and Harliss engine-seating, sighted and salved 7 20 'S. 18 41' W.Dec. 15th.
Actions and Reactions Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The Chaplain is plainly uncertain, as he wrestles with the clerical guillotine of washable xylonite, and stammers something about unwarrantable liberty and a lady's reputation!
The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897
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He is aflame, from the edge of his collar -- a patent clerical guillotine of washable xylonite, purchased at a famous travellers 'emporium in the Strand -- to the thin, silky rings of dark hair that are wearing from his high, pale temples.
The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897
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