It was an April Fool hoax, of course. 31200 had been rigged up with a single lightweight wooden [name] plate (loosely held on by Blu Tack).
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Blu-tack
Synonyms for "blu-tack"
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1 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 7 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- prestik noun (putty-like adhesive)
- wondergom noun (putty-like adhesive)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 寶貼 /宝贴 noun (putty-like adhesive)
- 泥膠 /泥胶 noun (putty-like adhesive)
- 藍丁膠 /蓝丁胶 noun (putty-like adhesive)
Finnish
1 entries- sinitarra noun (putty-like adhesive)
Icelandic
1 entries- kennaratyggjó noun (putty-like adhesive)
Spanish
1 entries- Blu-Tack noun (putty-like adhesive)
Swedish
4 entries- häftmassa noun (putty-like adhesive)
- kladdmassa noun (putty-like adhesive)
- klet noun (putty-like adhesive)
- kludd noun (putty-like adhesive)
Turkish
1 entries- hamur yapıştırıcı noun (putty-like adhesive)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The power switch wasn't seated properly, and so I blu-tacked it into place.
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