write a short note on paper mache
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Papier-mâché (UK: /ˌpæpieɪ ˈmæʃeɪ/, US: /ˌpeɪpər məˈʃeɪ/; French: [papje mɑʃe], literally "chewed paper", "pulped paper", or "mashed paper") is a composite material consisting of paper pieces or pulp, sometimes reinforced with textiles, bound with an adhesive, such as glue, starch, or wallpaper paste.

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Papier-mâché is the French word for "chewed paper", which is a standard English loan word, for objects made by moulding paper pulp in various shapes. Then decorating them with designs in various colours. In the figurative sense the word 'papier-mâché' has come to be identified as the art of Kashmir.
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