1596 T. Nashe sig. S2v These Boyes paper-dragons that they let fly with a pack-thrid in the fields.
1851 62 Green was thy gowan'd sward, Where paper-dragons flew.
2002 (Nexis) 10 Oct. 37 It is not unusual on weekends to see the air above parks in the city [of Shanghai] filled with long paper dragons, colourful birds of prey and other kites in more abstract shapes.