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• s  resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax
  greaseproof wrapping paper

• Meanwhile Du Pont announced that the nylon chemicals would be put to many other uses besides stockings: greaseproof paper containers, non-cracking patent leather, waterproof .

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• Simon Hoggart in guardian.co.uk
  Simon Hoggart explained the appeal of Test cricket thus: "Sitting in an almost empty Grace Road, Leicester, watching a few overs between showers, reading a book, finally opening the greaseproof paper to eat my two meat paste sandwiches, washed down...