Asbestos

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asbestos

Usage: adj.
Derivation: Common

asbestos: adj.

[common] Used as a modifier to anything intended to protect one from flames; also in other highly flame-suggestive usages. See, for example, asbestos longjohns and asbestos cork award.

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Source: asbestos, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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