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Sticking plaster   /stˈɪkɪŋ plˈæstər/   Listen
noun
Sticking  n.  A. & n. from Stick, v.
Sticking piece, a piece of beef cut from the neck. (Eng.)
Sticking place, the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point. "But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail."
Sticking plaster, an adhesive plaster for closing wounds, and for similar uses.
Sticking point. Same as Sticking place, above.






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"Sticking plaster" Quotes from Famous Books



... tents were furnished just like real soldiers' dwellings; with a good warm blanket for each of the three occupants, a bright tin basin and tooth mug, a cedar bucket to draw water, a square looking glass, like a sticking plaster, and a couple of wooden lockers (which, between ourselves, were made of claret boxes) in each one; beside camp stools ...
— Red, White, Blue Socks, Part First - Being the First Book • Sarah L Barrow

... leaned out from the rails and Lister, studying him with the glasses, saw a small patch, like sticking plaster, on his forehead. The side of his face was discolored, as if it were bruised, and frowning savagely, he ...
— Lister's Great Adventure • Harold Bindloss



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