glueman
glueman noun: a man who manufactures or uses glue.
Noun
glueman (plural gluemen)
- A man who manufactures or uses glue.
- [H]e had despatched a brief note to Miss Darby by the omnipresent youngster Glue, — runner of errands, and mender of broken furniture by aid of effective glue-pot […] Miss Darby was just about starting off by herself when the young glueman arrived with Tom's note.1878, Mark Sibley Severance, Hammersmith: His Harvard Days, page 276
- Your pruned cheeks twitched / When we counted the coins / Using your still fingers to separate / The shiny from the copper / Which the glueman paid for the horse.1986, The DeKalb Literary Arts Journal, volumes 19-20, page 27
Forms of glueman
| plural | gluemen |
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Origin of glueman
From glue + -man.
Questions about glueman
- What does glueman mean?
- Glueman means a man who manufactures or uses glue.
- What part of speech is glueman?
- Glueman is a noun.
- What is the plural of glueman?
- The plural of glueman is gluemen.
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