Talk:rubberband

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RFV discussion: August 2014–January 2015[edit]

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rfv --kc_kennylau (talk) 06:40, 23 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Cited verb:

  • "Rubberband them togerher with a ponytail hanging in the back."[1]
  • "Wrap stacks of slides in dust-free paper or aluminum foil, and rubberband them ...."[2]
  • "I gathered up a bunch of old photographs of camp friends and rubberbanded them back together."[3]

Cited noun:

  • "Fasten a rubberband around this tiny loop, ..."[4]
  • "One end of the cylinder is covered with several layers of cheesecloth held in place by a rubberband to prevent the ..."[5]
  • "For extra grip you can wrap a rubberband around the wires to lock them in place."[6]
  • google books:"a rubberband" finds more

--Dan Polansky (talk) 08:12, 17 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

RFV-passed. - -sche (discuss) 05:04, 30 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
Why couldn't the cites be put in the entry or be properly formatted for such placement? DCDuring TALK 09:52, 30 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
Because it's a lot of bother to do that. However, I've put three citations of the noun and three of the verb into the entry. The verb is rarer than I initially thought. - -sche (discuss) 22:04, 31 January 2015 (UTC)Reply