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glassine

noun
glass·​ine | \ gla-ˈsÄ“n How to pronounce glassine (audio) \

Definition of glassine

: a thin dense transparent or semitransparent paper highly resistant to the passage of air and grease

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Inside, the agent found 111 glassine envelopes, each containing cactus seeds. Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, "A German tourist faces 10 years in US prison for smuggling endangered cactus seeds," 3 July 2019 Mure claimed four glassine bags of heroin were found in the woman’s wallet when police pulled her and O’Connell over and that marijuana was later found in her shoe at the station house. Fox News, "Congressman allegedly used position to get partner's son out of heroin bust," 2 Oct. 2018 Mure claimed four glassine bags of heroin were found in the woman’s wallet when police pulled her and O’Connell over and that marijuana was later found in her shoe at the station house. Fox News, "Congressman allegedly used position to get partner's son out of heroin bust," 2 Oct. 2018 Mure claimed four glassine bags of heroin were found in the woman’s wallet when police pulled her and O’Connell over and that marijuana was later found in her shoe at the station house. Fox News, "Congressman allegedly used position to get partner's son out of heroin bust," 2 Oct. 2018 Mure claimed four glassine bags of heroin were found in the woman’s wallet when police pulled her and O’Connell over and that marijuana was later found in her shoe at the station house. Fox News, "Congressman allegedly used position to get partner's son out of heroin bust," 2 Oct. 2018 Mure claimed four glassine bags of heroin were found in the woman’s wallet when police pulled her and O’Connell over and that marijuana was later found in her shoe at the station house. Fox News, "Congressman allegedly used position to get partner's son out of heroin bust," 2 Oct. 2018 Mure claimed four glassine bags of heroin were found in the woman’s wallet when police pulled her and O’Connell over and that marijuana was later found in her shoe at the station house. Fox News, "Congressman allegedly used position to get partner's son out of heroin bust," 2 Oct. 2018 Mure claimed four glassine bags of heroin were found in the woman’s wallet when police pulled her and O’Connell over and that marijuana was later found in her shoe at the station house. Fox News, "Congressman allegedly used position to get partner's son out of heroin bust," 2 Oct. 2018

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First Known Use of glassine

1916, in the meaning defined above

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