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onionskin

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From onion + skin; named for its resemblance to the skin of an onion (thin and crinkly).

  1. A thin, strong, light, translucent paper; used especially for making carbon copies.

    I heard the dry-leaf rustle of onionskin papers.

  2. A kind of marble with swirls of color on the outside.