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treasury tag

/ˈtɹɛʒəɹi ˈtæɡ/

treasury tag noun: a short piece of cord with metal bars at each end, used in offices for holding papers together or fastening them into a file.

treasury tag: a short piece of cord with metal bars at each end, used in offices for holding papers together or...
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Noun

treasury tag (plural treasury tags)

  1. A short piece of cord with metal bars at each end, used in offices for holding papers together or fastening them into a file.
    • From within he took several sheets of paper tied together with a green treasury tag.1990, Martin Booth, Dreaming of Samarkand, Morrow
    • He had an aversion to staples and paper clips and therefore preferred documents to be joined by a treasury tag, or, as he put it, ‘klopped’.2014, Boris Johnson, The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History, Hodder & Stoughton
    Synonyms:
    India tag

Synonyms of treasury tag

  • India tag

Forms of treasury tag

pluraltreasury tags

Questions about treasury tag

What does treasury tag mean?
Treasury tag means a short piece of cord with metal bars at each end, used in offices for holding papers together or fastening them into a file.
What part of speech is treasury tag?
Treasury tag is a noun.
How do you pronounce treasury tag?
Treasury tag is pronounced /ˈtɹɛʒəɹi ˈtæɡ/.
What is the plural of treasury tag?
The plural of treasury tag is treasury tags.

Words near treasury tag in the dictionary

  1. treasury departments
  2. Treasury Island
  3. Treasury Islander
  4. Treasury Islands
  5. treasury stock
  6. treasury tag
  7. treasury tags
  8. Treasurys
  9. treasuryship
  10. treasuryships
  11. treat

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