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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Because ceilings need to be sealed against moisture, this is a natural substitution. About 700 ghits:
Because biology can do good work with string and ceiling wax it has rarely been properly funded.
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Pierre Rovani gave it 93 points in the Wine Advocate with the following notes, “Black pepper, ceiling wax, spices, and toast are found in the nose…
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I had that record too and I spend a large portion of my childhood trying to imagine what ceiling wax was too.
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This organisation, you probably worked out, is basically made with shoestring, ceiling wax and bits of orange peel. We do miracles.
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NPR : Newly Found Beethoven Manuscript to Be Auctioned The red stains that look like lipstick are actually ceiling wax, which he used to paste in longer corrections.
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Explore the Asian custom of using ceiling wax and a stamp or chock to seal a document.
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The ceiling wax certifies that this is an official beckoning, a calling if you will, to the cause of what causes us.
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There are many marijuana vaporizer designs, many are messy, blu-tac and ceiling wax jobs with no real structure, functionality or style.
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Ceiling wax will be helpful for you for a limited period of time so it’s our duty to make it waterproof again. Otherwise water leakage from the ceilings can bring a major loss one day to your home. So when see such leaks call the [url=http://www.leakmastersusa.com/north-charleston-sc-waterproofing/]waterproofing contractor[/url] immediately to fix those leaks.
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I’m guessing the authors of these examples has no idea what sealing wax is, in which case it makes a good eggcorn. I guess those who know what it’s for have no trouble spelling it correctly.
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