spackle

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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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  • I'm not going to sit here and say you can't secure a Windows system, thats stupid zealotry at its finest, I am going to say that it takes alot more crack spackle to make it happen. —  Latest News from Open Source Magazine
  • Cookies are adhered to the stairway with what looks like spackle, but on closer inspection turns out to be Perma-Ice, a plastic "frosting" used on fake cakes. —  Portland Mercury
  • Sounds like you made "spackle" with the double dipping. —  Southern Maryland Community Forums
  • * We believe that in America polyfilla and suchlike products are known as "spackle". —  The Register
  • I believe "spackle" is in there for somewhat similar reasons. —  MetaFilter
 

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