"papern" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more papern [comparative], most papern [superlative]
Etymology: From paper + -en (“made of”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|paper|en|id2=made of|t2=made of}} paper + -en (“made of”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} papern (comparative more papern, superlative most papern)
  1. (rare or chiefly dialectal) Made of paper Tags: dialectal, rare
    Sense id: en-papern-en-adj-mIzuMMQK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (made of)

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          "ref": "1832, Sylvanus Urban (pseud. van Edward Cave.), Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle",
          "text": "A woodhouse is rightly a house for wood, and a woodenhouse one made of wood; a paper bag, a bag for papers, and a papern bag, one made of paper; an iron tool, one for working in iron, and an ironen tool, one of iron, and so on.",
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          "ref": "1865, Nathan Hogg, Poetical Letters and a Witch Story, in the Devonshire dialect",
          "text": "Put thare ta draw things out a Jan; An thit twis bit a papern wal, Zo thit tha witch cude yer et al, An, wen Jan enter'd tother dore, Cude tul min aul ha'd naw'd avaur ;— [...]",
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          "ref": "1904, The Living Age, volume 242",
          "text": "Afore night 'twur the talk o' all the parish, an' folk did run in an' out all day long for a week to look at un. An' I got a basket o 'apples an' a papern bag o' lollipops for the childern to carr' in my pocket. [...] But the lollipops had all a-melted drough the papern bag, an' he wur a-stickt to my pocket.",
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