"second sheet" meaning in English

See second sheet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: second sheets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} second sheet (plural second sheets)
  1. A sheet of paper on which a carbon copy is made.
    Sense id: en-second_sheet-en-noun-QLkEyBt2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "If the document of interest were a carbon copy of a letter made on a very poor grade of yellow second-sheet paper it might not last... .",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "1957, J. D. Salinger, \"Zooey\", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 50,\nIt was an almost endless-looking letter, typewritten on several pages of second-sheet yellow paper, and he was having some little trouble keeping it propped up... ."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Carolyn J. Mullins, Thomas W. West, The Office Automation Primer: Harnessing Information Technologies for Greater Productivity, Prentice-Hall, →ISBN, page 43:",
          "text": "Some models allow for both letterhead and second-sheet paper.",
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