babbitting

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present participle of babbitt
lining a surface or bearing with babbitt metal
Babbitt
A person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals

In this sense Harding was a Babbitt. Intellectuals and journalists rejected Harding as being as empty as the Sinclair Lewis character.

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To line with babbitt metal to reduce friction
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Babbitt metal
Babbitt
{i} family name; Milton Byron Babbitt (born 1916), U.S. composer; classic novel by Sinclair Lewis that was published in 1922; George F. Babbitt, principal character from the novel by Sinclair Lewis "Babbitt"; city in Minnesota (USA)
Babbitt
American humanist and scholar whose New Humanism movement sought to revive interest in classical virtues in literary criticism. American composer whose works, including Vision and Prayer (1961) for soprano and synthesizer, combine serial music and electronic effects. a book by Sinclair Lewis about a businessman called George Babbitt who lives in a small US town. People think he is a boring man, because he thinks only about his own business and his position in local society, and he is not interested in other things in life
babbitt
an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; an anti-friction lining for bearings
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{f} line with Babbitt metal
babbitt
A soft, white, non-ferrous alloy bearing material composed principally of copper, antimony, tin and lead
babbitt
line with a Babbitt metal
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To line with Babbitt metal