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paperweight
[ pey-per-weyt ]
paperweight
/ ˈɪəˌɱɪ /
noun
- a small heavy object placed on loose papers to prevent them from scattering
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of paperweight1
Example Sentences
When McVay addressed his team earlier this week, he displayed a paperweight emblazoned with the phrase “Built For This.”
So Friday morning, coach Sean McVay arrived at the team’s Woodland Hills facility with a message inscribed in black letters on a paperweight:
Ms Maguire said it reached crisis point with an incident when the boy threw a heavy paperweight at her head.
Bags of rice and barley from past quality inspections act as paperweights for stacks of files and manuals.
There are exhibits on geology, the environment, art, various artifacts from the Civil War, paperweights, antique cameras and even a miniature Samoan village.
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