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Meaning of stickum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈstɪkəm/

Definitions

Any adhesive, adhesive residue; any sticky or gummy substance.

Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable

Examples

“A strip of muslin swaddles his privates, fixed by means of pine stickum to his belly and buttocks.”
“He had sat next to Cindy returning from the Y and smelled the chlorine on her. A sodden Band-Aid had clung by a few lingering bits of stickum to her knee.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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