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strass

 (străs)
n.
See paste1.

[German Strass or French stras, both after Joseph Strasser, 18th-century German jeweler.]
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strass

(stræs)
n
(Jewellery) jewellery another word for paste16
[C19: German, named after J. Strasser, 18th-century German jeweller who invented it]
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