toothpaste

toothpaste
toothpaste (n.) 1832, from TOOTH (Cf. tooth) + PASTE (Cf. paste) (n.).

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  • toothpaste\ and\ string — Something that breaks a lot is made out of this. Especially with electronics, because nothing that s electronic could actually work if it was made of toothpaste and string. Their servers are made out of toothpaste and string. They crash hourly …   Dictionary of american slang

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