rag paper

noun

1. a high-quality paper made from cotton or linen pulp.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rag paper¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Whether the best wood paper will last as long as the best rag paper, time only can tell.

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It has been printed from new type on pure rag paper, specially made for this edition.

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A 15th-century book on rag paper is as good to-day as the day it was printed.

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This thing of yours that you call a Pardon of Sins, it is a bit of rag-paper with ink.

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Yet it remained for a wasp and Gottfried Keller to bring us out of the era of rag paper.

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