shellac

Word origin

From shell + lac, calque of French laque en écailles (literally “lac in scales/shells”).

Used in a sentence

• “But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released.”

• “At the turn of the century, the ever-expanding electrical industry was running low on shellac, a resin secreted by the female lac bug which could be used as an insulating material.”

• “In 1964 Goldwater ran rambunctiously, flat-out against government. He got shellacked.”

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