glueman

noun

Etymology

From glue + -man.

  1. derived from glūten
  2. derived from glūs
  3. derived from glu
  4. inherited from glew
  5. suffixed as glueman — “glue + man

Definitions

  1. A man who manufactures or uses glue.

    • Your pruned cheeks twitched / When we counted the coins / Using your still fingers to separate / The shiny from the copper / Which the glueman paid for the horse.
    • They find the village of Chillingbourne being terrorised by the 'glueman', a nocturnal figure who pours glue into the hair of girls consorting with servicemen.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA