"writing-paper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: writing-papers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} writing-paper (countable and uncountable, plural writing-papers)
  1. Dated form of writing paper. Tags: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable Alternative form of: writing paper
    Sense id: en-writing-paper-en-noun-CB14Sghm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1861, Edward William Cox, Reports of Cases in Criminal Law",
          "text": "The evidence disclosed that the three prisoners were in a public-house together with the prosecutor, Abraham Rhodes, and that in concert with the other two prisoners, the prisoner John Dewhirst placed a pencase on the table in the room where they were assembled, and left the room to get writing-paper.",
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          "ref": "1985, Angelica Garnett, Deceived with Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood, San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 59",
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        {
          "ref": "2011 May 13, John Walsh, “Beware letters from fictional civil servants”, in Viewspaper (The Independent), page 5",
          "text": "But isn’t a letter on Downing Street-headed writing-paper a serious official document?",
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          "ref": "2012, Orlando Figes, Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag, London: Allen Lane, page 69",
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