Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A resin, scarcely distinguishable from sandarac, derived from Australian trees of the genus Callitris (Frenela), as C. robusta and C. rhomboidea.
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Examples
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Depape, more morose than ever now that he had thought of Her Nibs gobbling cowboy spareribs out there at the Piano Ranch, downed his drink, winced at the stench of pine-gum on his hand, then held his glass out in Stanley Ruiz's direction.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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They reeked of sweat, and their hands were pitchy with pine-gum.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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He didn't mind the smell; on the whole, it had the stink of pine-gum beat six ways to the Peddler.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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Roland had mended this artifact, which he had found at the old campsite, with pine-gum.
The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991
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Yet the children enjoyed being in the mountains; for they liked to play under the tall pine-trees, picking up the cones, and hunting for lumps of pine-gum, and hearing all the time the sweet music of the wind as it sang in the branches.
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Such a pitiful little note, on a slip of Confederate paper sealed with pine-gum!
Two diaries from middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February-May, 1865, Susan R. Jervey 1921
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Even the feel in the air was new, that delicious crisp burning warmth that lay so lightly as it were on the surface of frozen stillness; and the special sweetness of all places at the foot of mountains -- scent of pine-gum, burning larch-wood, and all the meadow flowers and grasses.
The Dark Flower John Galsworthy 1900
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Even the feel in the air was new, that delicious crisp burning warmth that lay so lightly as it were on the surface of frozen stillness; and the special sweetness of all places at the foot of mountains -- scent of pine-gum, burning larch-wood, and all the meadow flowers and grasses.
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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Ralph took the road that led to the left, very light-hearted; it was pleasant under the pines, which had made a soft brown carpet of needles; and the scent of the pine-gum was sharp and sweet.
Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset Arthur Christopher Benson 1893
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"Not a drop; used the last to get the pine-gum off my fingers after we came back from the woods last Tuesday.
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