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thread-paper

thread-paper noun: a piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up a skein of thread.

Noun

thread-paper (plural thread-papers)

  1. A piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up a skein of thread.
    • [H]e takes the opportunity of sauntering up to my dressing-room, where he plays with the children, picks up my thread-paper, insists upon bringing me new music, and on reading to me some novel or poem, with which he is generally furnished.1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 219
    • And you, God bless me, you're only a thread-paper!1925, Stanley John Weyman, “XIV Anna Furens”, in Queen's Folly

thread-paper meaning in Tamil

thread-paper in Tamil

நூல்மடித் தாள்

Forms of thread-paper

pluralthread-papers
alternative formthreadpaper

Questions about thread-paper

What does thread-paper mean?
Thread-paper means a piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up a skein of thread.
What is thread-paper in Tamil?
Thread-paper in Tamil is நூல்மடித் தாள். See Thread-paper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thread-paper?
Thread-paper is a noun.
What is the plural of thread-paper?
The plural of thread-paper is thread-papers.

Words near thread-paper in the dictionary

  1. thread-legged bug
  2. thread-legged bugs
  3. thread-like
  4. thread-locking fluid
  5. thread-locking fluids
  6. thread-paper
  7. thread-papers
  8. thread-safe
  9. threadability
  10. threadable
  11. threadbare

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