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paperweight

[ pey-per-weyt ]

noun

  1. a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.


paperweight

/ ˈpeɪpəˌweɪt /

noun

  1. a small heavy object placed on loose papers to prevent them from scattering
“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 paperweight1

First recorded in 1855–60; paper + weight
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Example Sentences

I looked at my phone and it was just like, you know, a paperweight.

All of the work that comes with being an escort, and all of its attendant horrors, for this… paperweight?

The physical Hookie is an etched glass paperweight in the shape of a brilliant-cut diamond.

A paperweight that my mother gave me; it is made of dark blue glass and is in the shape of a heart.

It was broad but not heavy; the fingers that opened and shut quietly on a small paperweight were supple.

Next to it were several sheets of blank paper and a small traveling clock sat on them as a paperweight.

Even an odd stone he had found on the desert and brought into the Wigwam one day, she used now as a paperweight.

Kerk picked up a length of steel pipe from the desk, that he used as a paperweight, and toyed with it as he thought.

A paperweight representing a ragged little dog and an entomological photograph of the common ant.

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