glitterwaxn.
/ˈɡlɪtəwaks/ A kind of coloured modelling-wax.
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glitterwax1944
1944 Horizon May 307 They give their children glitter~wax or plasticine to play with.
1967 M. Drabble Jerusalem the Golden vi. 149 Clelia, who used as a child to have a passion for modelling things out of an obsolete substance known as Glitterwax.
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