papier-mâché

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of papier-mâché.
   alt-of, alternative, uncountable
2. A composite material created by pulping paper or layering paper strips with an adhesive such as glue, starch or paste, which dries to form a durable, lightweight and moldable substance.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“She sat completely alone at the very back of the sea-themed restaurant, amid papier-mâché starfish and plastic shrimp.”

“I let⟳ him run⟳ on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and find⟳ nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.”

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