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butchers' paper

butchers' paper is the alternative form of butcher paper.

Meaning of butcher paper

Noun

butcher paper (usually uncountable, plural butcher papers)

  1. (usually) A kind of absorbent kraft paper, originally sold to butchers in large sheets for wrapping meat and fish, and now used for arts and crafts in primary education.

Questions about butchers' paper

What is butchers' paper the alternative form of?
Butchers' paper is the alternative form of butcher paper.

Words near butchers' paper in the dictionary

  1. butchers
  2. Butchers Ridge
  3. butchers' hooks
  4. butchers' knife
  5. butchers' knives
  6. butchers' paper
  7. butchers' tubercle
  8. butchershop
  9. butchershops
  10. butchery
  11. butches

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