Definitions
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- adjective of paper
Laid (marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed) andcream in colour.
Etymologies
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cream + laid
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Examples
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It was from a countess, and was written on pink paper, beautifully creamlaid and scented, ornamented with a coronet and certain singularly-entwined initial.
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Charing Cross, London, W. C.: 1 pack of 1 dozen creamlaid envelopes and feintruled notepaper, watermarked, now reduced by 3: some assorted Austrian-Hungarian coins: 2 coupons of the Royal and Privileged
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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It was from a countess, and was written on pink paper, beautifully creamlaid and scented, ornamented with a coronet and certain singularly-entwined initials.
The Small House at Allington Anthony Trollope 1848
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