LekhoriLekhoriA sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
Draw on the paper! Not on the walls!
Ellipsis of newspaper; anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
Read all about it in this morning's paper!
Ellipsis of wallpaper.
The paperhangers had just finished hanging the paper in the dining room when the interior decorator walked in and exclaimed that it was the wrong color.
Made of paper.
At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor.
Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper
paper gangster
From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).
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Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper
paper engine, rocket
To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
Later, seat-filling or “papering” services cropped up, with organizations like Audience Extras, Play-by-Play,[…]