What was used to erase pencil marks before there was rubber for erasers?

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What was used to erase the pencil marks before there was rubber for erasers? What material was used to erase lead pencil markings before people started using rubber: gin, wet rice, bread or Dru gum? At school I used to have a rubber (eraser), half of which was grey and rough. That half was claimed to be able to erase pen ink. It never seemed to work on biro or fountain pen ink. What sort of ink did these sort of rubbers erase and are there pen erasers which work? Which word describes the inverted commas used in "quotation marks"? Who was advised to inflate shoes before crossing the water and follow the yellow rubber line?

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