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glue-boiler

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One whose occupation is the making of glue.—
  • noun An apparatus for boiling skins, hoofs, etc., to obtain the gelatinous matter.

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Examples

  • “The late lamented Patrick Morkan, our grandfather, that is,” explained Gabriel, “commonly known in his later years as the old gentleman, was a glue-boiler.”

    Dubliners 2003

  • Gabriel, "commonly known in his later years as the old gentleman, was a glue-boiler."

    Dubliners James Joyce 1911

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