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Onionskin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A thin, strong, light, translucent paper; used especially for making carbon copies. countable, uncountable

    "I heard the dry-leaf rustle of onionskin papers."

  2. 2
    a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies wordnet
  3. 3
    A kind of marble with swirls of color on the outside. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From onion + skin; named for its resemblance to the skin of an onion (thin and crinkly).

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