verb. (common).—See quots.
1889. Answers, 9 Feb. “You will have to enact three parts in the ‘Silent Foe’ to-night.” “Can’t do it,” said Lancaster, “and I hope to be SANDPAPERED if I try.”
1901. Daily Telegraph, 14 May, 10, 7. Let the American grass-widow with the broad and exasperating accent, which she takes no pains to SANDPAPER, be reduced to a minimum.
