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My 'plogies, Julie for using local slang. "Spendy" means expensive.
"Maroflage" is the term for attaching canvas to other substrates. An example is the murals Sargent produced for the Boston MFA and Public Library, which were painted in his London studio on stretcher frames, shipped to the site, then attached to the walls of those buildings. In those days, the adhesive was a paste of white lead and varnish; the wall would be "plastered" with the lead mixture and the canvas applied over the wall, using pegs to keep it in place 'til the adhesive set up.
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