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noosepaper

noosepaper noun: a newspaper.

Noun

noosepaper (plural noosepapers)

  1. (humorous, literary) A newspaper.
    • "That was only a mere ruse de guerre, as they say in the noosepapers."1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 169

Forms of noosepaper

pluralnoosepapers
alternative formnoospaper

Origin of noosepaper

Partially from noose + paper, partially indicating a nonstandard pronunciation /ˈnuːsˌpeɪpə(r)/ or /ˈnuːzˌpeɪpə(r)/.

Questions about noosepaper

What does noosepaper mean?
Noosepaper means a newspaper.
What part of speech is noosepaper?
Noosepaper is a noun.
What is the plural of noosepaper?
The plural of noosepaper is noosepapers.

Words near noosepaper in the dictionary

  1. nooscopic
  2. noose
  3. noosed
  4. nooseless
  5. nooselike
  6. noosepaper
  7. noosepapers
  8. nooser
  9. noosers
  10. nooses
  11. noosfia

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