thread-paper

English

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Noun

thread-paper (plural thread-papers)

  1. A piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up a skein of thread.
    • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 219:
      [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.
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