ivoride
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ivoride (uncountable)
- (archaic) A celluloid compound used as a substitute for ivory.
- 1872, Horace Greeley, The great industries of the United States:
- The ivoride, to which we have referred, and which presents a scarcely distinguishable substitute for ivory, gives superior handles, which will not break or crack, nor absorb grease and stains.