plombagine

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumbaginem, as it resembled lead. Cf. also plumbago.

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Noun

plombagine m (plural plombagines)

  1. (mineralogy) graphite
    Synonym: mine de plomb
    −La mine de crayons, de quoi est-elle faite?
    −Avec de la plombagine, une pierre tendre qu'on scie en baguettes et qu'on enferme dans deux moitiés de cylindre de bois.
    (Colette, Cl. école, 1900)

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