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crown-paper
1. A size or make of paper watermarked with the figure of a crown.
1630J. Taylor (Water-P.) Wks. (N.), And may not dirty socks from off the feet From thence be turn'd to a crowne-paper sheet? 1807Opie Lect. Art iv. (1848) 323 Writing..upon crown, double elephant, or foolscap paper.
†2. A paper containing five shillings' worth. Obs.
1672Collins in Rigaud Corr. Sc. Men (1841) I. 201 To manage the Farthing Office, to deliver out all, that are coined..in crown-papers ready tied up. |