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Meanings of pipeclay in English

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argila blanca

Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather.

argila blanca
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Usage of pipeclay in English
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More slow ticking, and more questions and answers about rations and pipeclay.
The Solitary Summer
2
Jago touched his arm and saw the fresh pipeclay drift from his belt.
In the King's name
3
To me they seem alike: all scarlet, and feathers, and powder, and pipeclay.
The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea
4
We drifted from pipeclay to a discussion on bicycling for women- adrearysubject.
The Solitary Summer
5
When she handled them the white pipeclay came off on her gloves and jacket.
Jude the Obscure
6
They tried another claim, and bottomed on the pipeclay.
In the Roaring Fifties
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She covered herself with pipeclay for about one month.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont
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For this purpose any good pipeclay may be employed.
On Laboratory Arts
9
No colonels to scan him with martinet eyes, and hint how to pipeclay a tarnish!
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 05
10
So, says I, 'Master Dixon, I ax your pardon, but I must pipeclay under your chair.
Ruth
11
A Prussian lieutenant is the most offensive specimen of humanity that nature and pipeclay have ever produced.
Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris
12
Long lines of white tents overtop the heaps of pipeclay, which grow higher from day to day.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World
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Jim had turned whiter than his pipeclay.
The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid
14
White pipeclay existed on the bed.
Australia Twice Traversed / The Romance of Exploration, Being a ...
15
In the morning Jim noticed that the wards 'Inebrits' Retreet' had been printed on the barrel with pipeclay.
In the Roaring Fifties
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Their knapsacks were hairy, and their belts black, the latter suggesting deliverance from that absurdity of old, pipeclay.
In the Track of the Troops
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Pipeclay through the time