PAPER
ADJECTIVES
► FAIR of paper: not written upon, unused → c1420 obs.
► PAPEREN made of paper → 1870 Eng. dial.
► PAPERN of paper → 1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PAPYRAL made or consisting of paper → 1848
► PAPYRIFEROUS producing or yielding papyrus; producing or yielding paper, or a substance resembling or serving as paper → 1656
► PAPYRINE made of papyrus; resembling paper → 1816
NOUNS
► BUMF paper of any kind → 1889 sl., orig. Brit. public schools
► CANADIAN CAPER a paper → 1960s Aust. rhyming sl.
► CHAD the small bit of paper released when a ballot is punched, or a paper punch is used → 1980 Amer. dial.
► HASH waste paper of the lowest quality → 1893
► PALIMPSEST paper, parchment, or other writing material prepared for writing on and wiping out again, like a slate → 1661 obs.
► PAPER-TABLE a sheet or leaf of paper → 1591 obs.
► PAPYROPHOBIA dread of paper → 1790
► PARCHMENT any paper → 1950s Amer. sl.
► PARSON AND CLERK the flaming marks and spots made on paper as it burns, esp. the last spark → 1744 Eng. dial. obs.
► QUARRY a sheet of paper → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUEER a quire of paper → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRIVENING-PAPER writing paper → 1896 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► PAPYROPOLIST a seller of paper → 1656 obs.
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