200-mile-an-hour tape

200-mile-an-hour tape
 n.— «We call it 200-mile-an-hour tape. You can fix a lot of things with duct tape.» —“‘My favorite Tool’” by Pam Adams Peoria Journal Star (Illinois) Jan. 28, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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