Plasticine
plas·ti·cine
noun
1.
a synthetic material resembling clay but remaining soft; used as a substitute for clay or wax in modeling (especially in schools)
Origin
From plastic + -ine? Trademarked by William Harbutt, an art teacher in Bath, UK, in 1899.
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