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second sheet

second sheet noun: a sheet of paper on which a carbon copy is made.

Noun

second sheet (plural second sheets)

  1. A sheet of paper on which a carbon copy is made.
    • If the document of interest were a carbon copy of a letter made on a very poor grade of yellow second-sheet paper it might not last... .1956, Chester M. Lewis, William Henry Offenhauser, Microrecording: Industrial and Library Applications, Interscience Publishers, page 32
    • It was an almost endless-looking letter, typewritten on several pages of second-sheet yellow paper, and he was having some little trouble keeping it propped up... .1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 50

Forms of second sheet

pluralsecond sheets

Questions about second sheet

What does second sheet mean?
Second sheet means a sheet of paper on which a carbon copy is made.
What part of speech is second sheet?
Second sheet is a noun.
What is the plural of second sheet?
The plural of second sheet is second sheets.

Words near second sheet in the dictionary

  1. second serves
  2. second service
  3. second services
  4. second session
  5. second sessions
  6. second sheet
  7. second sheets
  8. second shift
  9. second shifts
  10. second sight
  11. second skin

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