onionskin
English
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Noun
onionskin (countable and uncountable, plural onionskins)
- A thin, strong, light, translucent paper; used especially for making carbon copies.
- 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 406:
- I heard the dry-leaf rustle of onionskin papers.
- Synonym: onion paper
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paper
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