peculiar to
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Cornstarch mixed with a little water is peculiar stuff.
From Scientific American • Feb. 13, 2014
This peculiar stuff is "ferroelectric": i.e., if it is placed between two metal contacts, a considerable amount of electrical energy can be made to flow into the crystal and stay there.
From Time Magazine Archive
That is to say, a "conscious experience" is characterized on the one hand by relation to its object and on the other hand by being composed of a certain peculiar stuff, the stuff of "consciousness."
From The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand
It's peculiar stuff, that clay, for what they want it for, an' you don't find it everywhere.
From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack
