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[ pey-per-weyt ] / ˈpeɪ pərˌweɪt /
nouna small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering. Origin of paperweightFirst recorded in 1855–60; paper + weight Words nearby paperweightpaper-thin, paper tiger, paper trail, paper-train, paper wasp, paperweight, paper-white narcissus, paperwork, papery, papeterie, Paphian Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for paperweightAll of the work that comes with being an escort, and all of its attendant horrors, for this… paperweight? And The Escort of The Year Is… Backstage at The Sex Oscars|Scott Bixby|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST A paperweight that my mother gave me; it is made of dark blue glass and is in the shape of a heart. Ben Yagoda: How I Not Write Bad|Noah Charney|February 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST Judge Ledue took the chair, looked around for something to use as a gavel, and rapped sharply with a paperweight. The Cosmic Computer|Henry Beam Piper The telephone is right beside the window, and inside, on a desk, the money was lying in an open envelope under a paperweight. Battling the Clouds|Captain Frank Cobb
Mokorongo clutched his paperweight: "It is a beast, and my master's medicine is strong." The Witch Doctor and other Rhodesian Studies|Frank Worthington Fifi was taken into the inner recesses of his study to serve as a paperweight. Edgar Saltus: The Man|Marie Saltus Derry's hand lay on it, a "paperweight" that did not move itself off at Blair's motion. The Boy Patriot|Edward Sylvester Ellis
British Dictionary definitions for paperweight
nouna small heavy object placed on loose papers to prevent them from scattering Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |