puttying

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This week, before painting starts, I'm washing the dust and worst stains off the walls and doing some puttying in the million and seventy five holes we have in our walls.

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  • This week, before painting starts, I'm washing the dust and worst stains off the walls and doing some puttying in the million and seventy five holes we have in our walls. —  YummY! Down on This
  • 'Never mind about puttying up such little cracks as them!' he shouted. —  The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
  • Affix the braces just after filling, using brads and puttying the holes with putty colored to match the filler. —  Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I
  • Can't be worse, really, but 'puttying up' is down by the heels, and there hasn't been an old master from Flushing, —  Felix O'Day
  • "Well,"'e ses, "get it slobbered over as quick as you can,"' e ses, "'cos we ain't got much for this job: don't spend a lot of time puttying up. —  The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
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