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pipeclay |
(n): fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather
(n): a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
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Plastic as in "capable of being molded," I presume. Or were you joking, c_b? :-)
Pipeclaying sounds like a much better way to prepare for work than what I do. I wish I could pipeclay instead.
It sounds like Igpay Atinlay...
Oh yes, I came across this in those O'Brian novels. The marines are always pipeclaying stuff getting ready for inspection on Sundays.
Umm... what's with that second WeirdNet definition? What kind of soil is "plastic when moist"?
...he had gone out and had a shave, early in the afternoon, and had then come back and spent full forty minutes in pipeclaying his shoes...
- Jerome, Three Men in a Boat