Polyfilla

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A metaphorical filler to minimize or obscure defects. British, uncountable

    "He writes in well filled fourteeners, with individual words used not only vitally to convey the sense but also as a kind of metrical polyfilla."

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"He writes in well filled fourteeners, with individual words used not only vitally to convey the sense but also as a kind of metrical polyfilla."

Etymology

From the trade name of a brand of spackling paste.

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