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gummy
1. Austral a small crustacean-eating shark, Mustelus antarcticus, with bony ridges resembling gums in its mouth
2. NZ an old ewe that has lost its incisor teeth


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This gummy, resinous substance is absolutely water-proof, and also resists acids and gas perfectly.
It was long, sharp, and black, with a glazed look near the point as though some gummy substance had dried upon it.
For that,' Mr Wegg inwardly decides, as he takes a corrective sniff or two, 'is musty, leathery, feathery, cellary, gluey, gummy, and,' with another sniff, 'as it might be, strong of old pairs of bellows.
 
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