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sticking plaster

noun

  1. an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.


sticking plaster

noun

  1. a thin cloth with an adhesive substance on one side, used for covering slight or superficial wounds Usual US termadhesive tape
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sticking plaster1

First recorded in 1645–55
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Shadow transport secretary Gareth Bacon described the government's announcement as a "pothole sticking plaster".

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His finance spokesman Sam Rowlands said the budget was "merely a sticking plaster over the problems that far too many people face in Wales".

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"Teachers have been putting sticking plasters on education for too long," she said.

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Six months ago, you were elected on a platform that promised an end to short-term sticking plaster solutions.

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But Andy Burrows, head of the Molly Rose Foundation, called the announcement "a belated, reactive and completely unsatisfactory response" which he said "seems like a sticking plaster fix to their fundamental safety issues".

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