visquene n. a kind of airproof and waterproof plastic sheeting. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
visquene n. a kind of airproof and waterproof plastic sheeting. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
She sells seashells by the seashore. Who is the she in this tongue twister? Some claim it’s the young Mary Anning, who went on to become a famous 19th-century British paleontologist. Dubious perhaps, but the story of her rise from seaside...
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As I found out when I tried to locate visquene for a construction project (it had been specified by the owner), “visquene” refers to LDPE (low density polyethylene) sheeting. Apparently it used to be the trade name of a particular manufacturer’s LDPE sheeting.