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notepaper

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From note + paper.

  1. Relatively small writing paper used for writing notes or letters; often provided with matching envelopes.

    I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.

    An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.