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- noun Something used to
toughen .
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Examples
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That's why Massachusetts 'strictly voluntary approach to reducing human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a plastic toughener that also happens to be a synthetic estrogen, may pack more punch than you might expect.
Elaine Shannon: Can the BPA Consumer Revolt Trump K Street? 2009
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But when the noted course toughener Rees Jones completed a configuration in 2001, Mickelson was no fan of the finished product.
NYT > Home Page By MIKE TIERNEY 2011
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Bécoeur's, and yours, and after a twelvemonth have relaxed the skins, and give my favour to yours as a toughener of the skin. "
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