Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being a sheet of paper that measures approximately 8.5 by 14 inches.
- adjective Designed to hold such sheets of paper.
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- adjective Of,
applicable to, or beingpaper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm).
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Examples
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Ask for his blueprint for Detroit, and Mr. Rapson points to a dizzying, hand-drawn diagram on legal-size paper that he keeps behind his desk.
Revival Bid Pits Detroit vs. Donor Matthew Dolan 2011
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And because my lined, yellow, legal-size pages of notes—the color now faded and the staple that holds them together rusted and disintegrating—fairly dance, through no effort of my own, with his prickly personality and fine mind.
Back to the Future Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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“You can take the contract home and review it,” he said, sliding a legal-size piece of paper toward her.
A Good Man is Hard to Find ReShonda Tate Billingsley 2010
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It was a legal-size one, bearing an official county seal.
The Opposite of Me SARAH PEKKANEN 2010
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She pulled the legal-size piece of paper out of her leather briefcase and stared at it.
A Good Man is Hard to Find ReShonda Tate Billingsley 2010
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She pulled the legal-size piece of paper out of her leather briefcase and stared at it.
A Good Man is Hard to Find ReShonda Tate Billingsley 2010
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“You can take the contract home and review it,” he said, sliding a legal-size piece of paper toward her.
A Good Man is Hard to Find ReShonda Tate Billingsley 2010
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The pamphlet consists of text Gestetnered on staple-bound legal-size sheets, folded along the width to create a pamphlet.
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583 2007
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Instead, it is split in legal-size chunks between national and state political parties that then spend it on behalf of the presidential candidates.
After Costly Race, Groups Aim to Alter Public Financing for Presidential Runs 2008
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Instead, it is split in legal-size chunks between national and state political parties that then spend it on behalf of the presidential candidates.
bilby commented on the word legal-size
Hello, random word.
February 15, 2018