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paper house

paper house noun: an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes.

Noun

paper house (plural paper houses)

  1. (dated, slang) An audience composed of people who have come in on free passes.

Forms of paper house

pluralpaper houses

Questions about paper house

What does paper house mean?
Paper house means an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes.
What part of speech is paper house?
Paper house is a noun.
What is the plural of paper house?
The plural of paper house is paper houses.

Words near paper house in the dictionary

  1. paper hands
  2. paper hat
  3. paper hats
  4. paper hornet
  5. paper hornets
  6. paper house
  7. paper houses
  8. paper hunting
  9. paper investing
  10. paper jam
  11. paper jams

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