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Word: mastication (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Bulbulian takes pride in matching flesh tints, in decorating his noses with tiny pores and wrinkles. Both noses and ears are glued on with a liquid adhesive made of mastic gum dissolved in chloroform or benzene. Like false teeth, false noses and ears must be doffed at night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Doctors' Fair | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

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