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threadpaper

threadpaper is the alternative form 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

Forms of threadpaper

pluralthreadpapers

Questions about threadpaper

What is threadpaper the alternative form of?
Threadpaper is the alternative form of thread-paper.

Words near threadpaper in the dictionary

  1. threadmakers
  2. threadmaking
  3. threadmill
  4. threadmills
  5. Threadneedle Street
  6. threadpaper
  7. threadpapers
  8. threads
  9. threads of life
  10. threads of thought
  11. threads the needle

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