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Paperweight   /pˈeɪpərwˌeɪt/   Listen
Paperweight

noun
1.
A weight used to hold down a stack of papers.





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"Paperweight" Quotes from Famous Books



... Melton," commented Tom, playing lazily with a heavy paperweight he had bought at a curio shop at their last ...
— Bert Wilson in the Rockies • J. W. Duffield
... not his Earthly husk but a note, which Lou finally found on the dresser, under a paperweight which was a treasured souvenir from the World's Fair of 2000. ...
— The Big Trip Up Yonder • Kurt Vonnegut
... smile came on to his lips. He slowly sat down again in the same place in the corner of the sofa, and shut his eyes as though from weariness. The corner of the letter was still peeping from under the paperweight, but he didn't even ...
— The Possessed - or, The Devils • Fyodor Dostoyevsky
... "When Busch had finished his demonstration, he carelessly tossed the device on my desk. The thing skidded and hit my paperweight so that the switch was thrown on again. So now the device and my desk ...
— The Untouchable • Stephen A. Kallis
... detected a faint smell of powder. In one corner stood a large writing-table with papers strewn carelessly upon it. Its appointments were markedly Chinese in character, from the singular, gold inkwell to the jade paperweight; markedly Chinese—and—FEMININE. A very handsome screen lay upon the floor in front of this table, and the rich carpet he noted to be disordered as if a struggle had taken place upon it. But, most singular circumstance ...
— The Yellow Claw • Sax Rohmer


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