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  • noun Alternative spelling of papier-mâché.

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Examples

  • The problem: we're always reading that our armed forces aren't adequately equipped; that they're forced to wear papier-mache helmets and use rifles made of crayon.

    How to save the economy without really trying: a guide for Gideon Osborne Charlie Brooker 2010

  • And papier-mache, which could be molded and then painted to look like guns.

    Colorado University Bans Nerf Guns 2009

  • You know, like the talking papier-mache boulder on the original Star Trek series which sent Kirk and Spock back in time and across space to make sure Joan Collins dies in order to prevent the publication of Warren Beatty's biography, or, actually, the rise of Hitler and the consequent soap bubble disappearance of the Federation.

    William Bradley: Lost In Lost William Bradley 2010

  • ALEXANDRIA ARTS SAFARI The 15th annual arts and crafts festival includes treasure box making, fabric collage and papier-mache, along with a gallery scavenger hunt and special activities with the Alexandria Archaeology Museum.

    Going Out Guide for Alexandria and Arlington, Oct. 7- Oct. 13 Post 2010

  • May donated his handwritten first draft and illustrated mock-up to Dartmouth before his death at age 71 in 1976, and his family later added to what has become a large collection of Rudolph-related documents and merchandise, including a life-sized papier-mache reindeer that now stands among the stacks at the Rauner Special Collections Library.

    Scrapbook Tells How Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Actually Went Down In History 2011

  • Remember raiding Dad's closet or Mom's jewelry box, holding still for fittings by Mom, who talked through the pins she was holding in her teeth, making papier-mache masks with our friends, crying when it all fell apart before the first doorbell was rung or falling over and spilling our candy because we couldn't see out of the cardboard box we were wearing?

    The real Halloween costume contest: Homemade vs. store-bought Petula Dvorak 2010

  • Remember raiding Dad's closet or Mom's jewelry box, holding still for fittings by Mom, who talked through the pins she was holding in her teeth, making papier-mache masks with our friends, crying when it all fell apart before the first doorbell was rung or falling over and spilling our candy because we couldn't see out of the cardboard box we were wearing?

    The real Halloween costume contest: Homemade vs. store-bought Petula Dvorak 2010

  • And papier-mache, which could be molded and then painted to look like guns.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

  • Remember raiding Dad's closet or Mom's jewelry box, holding still for fittings by Mom, who talked through the pins she was holding in her teeth, making papier-mache masks with our friends, crying when it all fell apart before the first doorbell was rung or falling over and spilling our candy because we couldn't see out of the cardboard box we were wearing?

    The real Halloween costume contest: Homemade vs. store-bought Petula Dvorak 2010

  • Suttie intercuts this bittersweet tale with scenes from her own romantic history, sagely advising the audience to think twice before making a five-foot tall papier-mache penguin for your loved one.

    Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup 2011

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