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thread-papers

thread-papers is the plural of thread-paper.

Meaning of thread-paper

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

Questions about thread-papers

What is thread-papers the plural of?
Thread-papers is the plural of thread-paper.

Words near thread-papers in the dictionary

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

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