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- noun Plural form of
paperclip .
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Examples
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The included Turbinehead brush whisked up all the hair deep from within my carpet and when the beater bar was shut - off it sucked up coins paperclips and bits of kibble.
Chip Chick 2010
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If you were an advertiser, and you used the phrase "paperclips" as an advertising keyword, would you want Google to show your ad in search results for the phrase "paper clips" or on pages about "paper clips" if you didn't include the two word version as an advertising keyword?
Search Engine Optimization and Marketing News provided by Cumbrowski.com 2009
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“Like some tassel-loafered Pygmalion sculpting a sad excuse for a girlfriend out of pie charts and paperclips.”
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We were pretty slack, and one year I recall assembling a chain of paperclips that descended five floors.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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This is directly related to the paperclips and staples of my life.
Mike Ragogna: A Tiger Suit, Junip & Great Companions: Conversations with KT Tunstall, Dar Williams, and José González, plus a KT Video Exclusive Mike Ragogna 2010
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Like some tassel-loafered Pygmalion sculpting a sad excuse for a girlfriend out of pie charts and paperclips.
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Aluminum and paperclips refrigerator parts and microchips
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I've already put a spool of mono, some paperclips, and a pair of clippers on the living room table.
Football and Knots 2009
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Aluminum and paperclips refrigerator parts and microchips
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Gotta say, Andrew, with a line such as: “Like some tassel-loafered Pygmalion sculpting a sad excuse for a girlfriend out of pie charts and paperclips.” you oughtta be writing for a living.
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