"plastic fantastic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plastic fantastics [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plastic fantastic (plural plastic fantastics)
  1. (informal) A fibreglass boat. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-plastic_fantastic-en-noun-bR1nnSwj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(informal) A fibreglass boat."
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