The word "gutta percha" appears in James Joyce's novel The Dead in reference to winter galoshes. (Or at least in the movie version, starring Anjelica Huston.)
34 posted on 08/04/2022 9:18:29 AM PDT by Albion Wilde
("Liz Cheney, Trump’s personal Javert..."--Michael Anton)
35 posted on 08/04/2022 9:20:49 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
(“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.” Hebrews 10:24)