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sparadrap

sticking plaster, bandage strip

noun spa-rah-DRAH Rare

Usage Note

Sparadrap is the standard French word for an adhesive bandage strip (like a plaster or Band-Aid). The final P is silent. It is famously associated with the Tintin comics, where Captain Haddock gets entangled in a roll of sparadrap in 'The Calculus Affair'. The plural is identical in spelling: des sparadraps.

Examples

"Il colle un sparadrap sur la plaie."

Natural Translation

He sticks a plaster on the wound.

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