"roughing fluid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: roughing fluids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} roughing fluid (usually uncountable, plural roughing fluids)
  1. A fluid used to roughen the surface of certain playing cards so that they clump together, used as a preparatory stage for certain card tricks. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-roughing_fluid-en-noun-T-c4hU~Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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