Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Paper sensitive to light, prepared by floating white paper on a solution of potassium ferrocyanide.
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Examples
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Also, here's a fabulous origami wolf by Chad Killeen (blue-paper on Deviant Art), and also a guinea pig.
superstars. blighted ones. triciasullivan 2010
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He sat down and stared at a peeling blue-paper liner.
My Shipmate—Columbus Stephen Marlowe 1968
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I managed to get hold of a blue-paper manuscript book by the favour of one of the officers of our estate.
My Reminiscences Rabindranath Tagore 1901
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Within this pleasing framework arose the window display, arranged upon a bed of fine blue-paper shavings.
The Fat and the Thin ��mile Zola 1871
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-- This edition was issued in blue-paper boards with green back, the title-label being Lara/Jacqueline/7s. 6d.
The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Once it was a box of latex gloves (almost two-thirds full), another time a pair of forceps (never used), and for Valentine’s Day it was one of those blue-paper gowns (which Ali had ended up wearing as a dress).
The Alphabetical Hookup List R-Z Phoebe McPhee 2002
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Once it was a box of latex gloves (almost two-thirds full), another time a pair of forceps (never used), and for Valentine’s Day it was one of those blue-paper gowns (which Ali had ended up wearing as a dress).
The Alphabetical Hookup List R-Z Phoebe McPhee 2002
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Once it was a box of latex gloves (almost two-thirds full), another time a pair of forceps (never used), and for Valentine’s Day it was one of those blue-paper gowns (which Ali had ended up wearing as a dress).
The Alphabetical Hookup List R-Z Phoebe McPhee 2002
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