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India paper

noun

  1. a fine, thin, opaque paper made in Asia, used chiefly in the production of thin-paper editions and for impressions of engravings.


India paper

noun

  1. a thin soft opaque printing paper made in the Orient
  2. another name (not in technical usage) for Bible paper
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of India paper1

First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences

And he brought out the tightly folded sheet of India paper just as the two halves of the acorn fell apart in her hands, showing it to be empty.

The report she wrote took up four sheets of the special India paper she used, even cramming her writing as tightly as she could and using a super-sharp hard pencil.

Of this plate it is believed that only a few "proofs upon India paper" were thrown off for presents.

Printed on India paper and handsomely bound in leather, with round corners and gilt edges, 2s. 6d. net.

Also on Oxford India paper, 3s. 6d. net.

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