Sorbon.
/ˈsɔːbəʊ/, U.S. /ˈsɔrˌboʊ/ The proprietary name of a make of sponge rubber. Usually attributive, esp. as sorbo rubber. Also figurative.
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white rubber1807
rubber cement1849
spreadsheet1863
pale crêpe1908
Sorbo1917
Onazote1920
paragutta1931
sponge rubber1932
pliofilm1934
1917 Trade Marks Jrnl. 15 Aug. 799 Sorbo..Sponge substitutes (India Rubber). Leeson Sponge and Rubber Co. Ltd.
1919 Trade Marks Jrnl. 7 May 575 Sorbo Rubber-Sponge Products Ltd.
1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 104/2 Sorbo sponges—each 1/3.
1939 Archit. Rev. 85 251 (caption) The smaller sketch shows the large rounded sorbo strips fixed to door edges.
1940 Amateur Radio Handbk. (ed. 2) 134/1 Most microphones will tend to pick up floor vibrations if rested directly on the table. For this reason they should preferably be placed on a piece of sorbo rubber.
1941 C. F. Kirkus Let's go Climbing! ix. 132 I..put the sorbo mattress underneath my outer clothes, donned gloves and balaclava, and prepared to spend the night.
1941 ‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon I. 319 Astra..bounced from the platform like a great sorbo ball to say good-bye.
1942 M. Dickens One Pair of Feet viii. 159 Toots pursed her sorbo lips over the result.
1963 G. Freeman Campaign vii. 102 Boat-like red slippers with thick, white sorbo soles.
1976 Lancet 9 Oct. 801/2 The endangered areas, trochanters and sacrum, are kept free of pressure by placing the patient on a pillow or, better, sorborubber packs.
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