Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
letter-clip .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A folder wire or plastic fastener for holding sheets of paper together.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
paper clip .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together
- noun a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together
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Examples
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The twisted thinking required to conclude a 15 year term paperclip and tippex jonny, elected by six people who fell into the scout hut pissed one tuesday afternoon, will ever be anything but a corduroy jacketed, lunch box owning, anorak wearing, timid vacuous party toady would give morph a mentalstretch
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Note the heat scale on the right hand side - the purpose of this is so you can put a coloured or labelled paperclip to keep track of your different mech's heat.
November 10th, 2008 curufea 2008
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I find that a paperclip is a great stand in for a real cherry pitter.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Every minute you waste looking for a paperclip is a minute they could spending with their child.
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But then he added, Much as the paperclip is the larva of the coathanger.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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But then he added, Much as the paperclip is the larva of the coathanger.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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My personal favorite is the green and white version with the "paperclip" base featured in the cool press pics below.
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My personal favorite is the green and white version with the "paperclip" base featured in the cool press pics below.
Apartment Therapy Main Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan 2010
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· attachments "paperclip" icon not being the same on all platforms
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In the Paper Clip activity, each group of campers receives a paper clip and the challenge to go out to Chicago stores and ask to trade the paperclip for bigger and better things.
Mary Pauline Lowry: Is Johnny Z. the New Justin Bieber? A Chicago Summer Camp Creates a New Teen Star Mary Pauline Lowry 2011
oroboros commented on the word paperclip
trombone in French.
March 28, 2011