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Celluloid

noun

Highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics.

A medium that disseminates moving pictures. Synonyms: cinema, film. "This story would be good cinema" , "Film coverage of sporting events"

adjective

Artificial as if portrayed in a film. Synonym: synthetic.

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"Celluloid" Quotes from Famous Books

... celluloid sheets, which, when cut into proper strips, is dipped in hot water, for bending purposes, and it readily retains ...

— Aeroplanes • J. S. Zerbe***

... Mr. Tutt with a significant gleam in his eye. He had driven in the knife to the hilt and twisted it round and round. Angelo had almost as much chance as the proverbial celluloid cat. Mr. Tutt felt actually sick. He did not look at the jury as they went out. They would not be long—and he could hardly face the thought of their return. Never in his long experience had he found himself in such a desperate situation. Heretofore there ...

— Tutt and Mr. Tutt • Arthur Train

... pond, take a cigar-box, paint the lower quarter of it dark green, and the upper part shaded into light blue, for sky. Glue a piece of glass or else carwindow celluloid level across this near the bottom. This is for water. Hide all the back and side edges of the glass with clay banks as described in the Monkey-hunt, or with moss glued on. Put a fine black thread to the Fish's back, another to his tail, and hang him level above the water by fastening the threads ...

— Woodland Tales • Ernest Seton-Thompson

... long-handled oval of yellow celluloid. Next Chiquita swam lazily downward, made a brief scarlet flutter on the beach, seized an elaborate double mirror set in gilded wood. Peachy followed; she chose a heart-shaped glass, ebony-framed. Last of all, Julia came floating slowly down. She took the only one that was left: it was, ...

— Angel Island • Inez Haynes Gillmore

... openings. Martin was thankful when he felt the collar buttons in their holes. His salt and pepper suit was of a stiff, unyielding material, and the first time he had worn it the creases had vanished never to return. Before putting on his celluloid collar, he spat on it and smeared it off with the tail of his shirt. A recalcitrant metal shaper insisted on peeking from under his lapels, and his ready-made tie with its two grey satin-covered cardboard wings ...

— Dust • Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

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