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gumbands

gumbands is the plural of gumband.

Meaning of gumband

Noun

gumband (plural gumbands)

  1. (Pennsylvania, Western) Synonym of rubber band.
    • Some of the guns were made “automatic” by carving extra notches, making it possible to load two or three gumbands at a time. The epitome was the machine gun, a long board with five or six notches — a strip of cloth would be stretched over them, then the gumbands on top of it.1993, Walter Buzz Storey, Stories of Uniontown and Fayette County, page 193

Questions about gumbands

What is gumbands the plural of?
Gumbands is the plural of gumband.

Words near gumbands in the dictionary

  1. gumball
  2. gumball machine
  3. gumball machines
  4. gumballs
  5. gumband
  6. gumbands
  7. gumbas
  8. gumbe
  9. Gumbel distribution
  10. Gumbel distributions
  11. gumberoo

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