Dutchman
n.— «Contractors have cut out letters or entire words from the granite and put in a blank plug, commonly called a Dutchman, for each correction. The next step will involve carving the corrected words into the granite.» —“Work begins to correct six errors on war memorial” by John Reynolds State Journal-Register (Springfield, Illinois) Oct. 5, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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