glueman

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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