Papern
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Made of paper. UK, dialectal, rare
"A woodhouse is rightly a house for wood, and a woodenhouse one made of wood; a paper bag, a bag for papers, and a papern bag, one made of paper; an iron tool, one for working in iron, and an ironen tool, one of iron, and so on."
Example
More examples"A woodhouse is rightly a house for wood, and a woodenhouse one made of wood; a paper bag, a bag for papers, and a papern bag, one made of paper; an iron tool, one for working in iron, and an ironen tool, one of iron, and so on."
Etymology
From paper + -(e)n (“made of”).
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