spackle

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When we emerge from the dust and spackle, the site should enjoy some performance improvements, fewer glitches in the commenting system, and some other welcomed improvements.

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  1. powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster

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  • When we emerge from the dust and spackle, the site should enjoy some performance improvements, fewer glitches in the commenting system, and some other welcomed improvements. —  Daily DIY
  • Seal the areas where the spackle was applied with a coat of primer.
  • "Honey, do I look like a spackle-and-fill kind of girl to you?" —  Stormwolf.com
  • ... and all it takes is some spackle, a $50 5-gallon bucket of Antique White and a weekend to turn it back to what it was before. —  Apartment Therapy Main
  • 46. spackle: Count Spacula False Spackle fills holes while Dracula drills them; no wonder he pretends to be counted as highly. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 2
 

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