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papeterie

papeterie noun: a case or box containing paper and writing materials.

Noun

papeterie (plural papeteries)

  1. (dated) A case or box containing paper and writing materials.
    • That evening after all the work was done, the little kitchen in order, the lamps lighted, the big one for the great, wandering ships at sea, and the little one for the quiet, humble family at home, Tilly took out a small papeterie of dark-blue embossed leather, and, opening it with a sigh...1878, Helen Hunt Jackson, Saxe Holm's Stories, Second Series, Joe Hale's Red Stockings

Forms of papeterie

pluralpapeteries

Origin of papeterie

From French papeterie (“paper manufacture”), from papier (“paper”).

Questions about papeterie

What does papeterie mean?
Papeterie means a case or box containing paper and writing materials.
What part of speech is papeterie?
Papeterie is a noun.
What is the plural of papeterie?
The plural of papeterie is papeteries.

Words near papeterie in the dictionary

  1. papescent
  2. Papesh
  3. Papeshes
  4. papess
  5. papesses
  6. papeterie
  7. papeteries
  8. papgeld
  9. Paphian
  10. Paphians
  11. paphiopedilum

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