Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A paper on which questions, etc., coming in the order of the day, in a legislative assembly, are entered.

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Examples

  • The second order-paper looks like the kind of bleeding-heart liberal crap that builds up no end of a thirst.

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  • She flopped into the seat next to Lindsay and fanned herself with an order-paper.

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  • She was sitting on the margin of a group of a dozen delegates arguing with Brian Robinson, the Standing Orders Subcommittee member responsible for preparing the industrial relations order-paper.

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  • Mr. Pappleworth picked up the whitey-blue knee-band, examined it, and its yellow order-paper quickly, and put it on one side.

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  • He waited for Mr. Pappleworth, not knowing what to do, sitting scribbling on the yellow order-paper.

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  • Mr. Pappleworth picked up the whitey-blue knee-band, examined it, and its yellow order-paper quickly, and put it on one side.

    Sons and Lovers 1907

  • He waited for Mr. Pappleworth, not knowing what to do, sitting scribbling on the yellow order-paper.

    Sons and Lovers 1907

  • While a Conservative government was heavily criticized for tabling the legislation, after C-61 died on the order-paper, the Conservatives vowed via the

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  • Sophie stayed near the door, idly browsing through a copy of that afternoon’s order-paper.

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  • “I’m a friend of your client,” he said as Brian moved on to run through the order-paper.

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