I. noun
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My voice is like sandpaper , I cough up gobs of phlegm, my liver feels like a sandbag.
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Next, smooth off any sharp edges with sandpaper , replace the saddle sections in the correct order and restring.
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Only 38 percent of young adults could use a chart to pick the right grade of sandpaper .
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Small imperfections such as cuts and scratches can be sanded out with fine sandpaper .
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Those hands, he felt sure, had not wielded saw or sandpaper .
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You dream up a yard of sandpaper , damp, you're talking tongue.
II. verb
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Added to which, my limbs had begun to ache and my tonsils felt as if some one had sandpapered them.
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The instructions had to be carefully studied, the little staircase sandpapered down and fitted into place.
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The only reliable cure for it is to sandpaper off the damaged surface of the plywood.