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flongs

flongs is the plural of flong.

Meaning of flong

Noun

flong (plural flongs)

  1. A mould, especially one made from papier-mâché, used to create a stereotype.
    • A few sheets of paper are soaked in water and then pasted together to form a flong. This flong is beaten into a page of type and dried, thus forming a matrix to receive the molten metal, which, when cooled, becomes an exact duplicate of the type page.1892, Charles Sumner Partridge, Stereotyping, the Papier Mache Process

Questions about flongs

What is flongs the plural of?
Flongs is the plural of flong.

Words near flongs in the dictionary

  1. flomes
  2. flomoxef
  3. flone
  4. flones
  5. flong
  6. flongs
  7. flonker
  8. flonkers
  9. floo
  10. flood
  11. flood basalt

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