Meaning of glueman | Babel Free

Definitions

A man who manufactures or uses glue.

rare

Examples

“[H]e had despatched a brief note to Miss Darby by the omnipresent youngster Glue, — runner of errands, and mender of broken furniture by aid of effective glue-pot […] Miss Darby was just about starting off by herself when the young glueman arrived with Tom's note.”

“Your pruned cheeks twitched / When we counted the coins / Using your still fingers to separate / The shiny from the copper / Which the glueman paid for the horse.”

“They find the village of Chillingbourne being terrorised by the 'glueman', a nocturnal figure who pours glue into the hair of girls consorting with servicemen.”

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