silver paper

noun

, British.

1. silver foil.
2. tinfoil.

Word History and Origins

Origin of silver paper¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

The image, taken from a Christmas advert filmed in August, show showed red, green and silver paper hats burning in a fireplace.

From BBC

THE FACTS: The image shows red, green and silver paper hats — traditionally worn at British Christmas dinners — burning in a fireplace.

From Seattle Times

Strings of twinkling Christmas lights hung from the ceiling between the stars he'd helped to cut out from silver paper.

From Salon

With a growing grin, Odunze admired his handiwork — a box neatly wrapped with silver paper … and no noticeable tape.

From Seattle Times

In the meantime, Mrs. Joe put clean white curtains up, and tacked a new flowered flounce across the wide chimney to replace the old one, and uncovered the little state parlour across the passage, which was never uncovered at any other time, but passed the rest of the year in a cool haze of silver paper, which even extended to the four little white crockery poodles on the mantel-shelf, each with a black nose and a basket of flowers in his mouth, and each the counterpart of the other.

From Literature