Old-fashioned adhesive manufactured from camel spit (9)

I believe the answer is:

emplastic

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'old-fashioned adhesive manufactured' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'from camel spit' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates anagramming the letters (from the letters).
'camel'+'spit'='camelspit'
'camelspit' is an anagram of 'EMPLASTIC'.

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