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Pasteboard

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    unsubstantial; flimsy figuratively, not-comparable

    "A poor, pasteboard story. The conventional, unattractive heroine is recovering from an illness in Rome. She is discontented and sorry for herself because her planned career as a sports mistress has now to be abandoned."

Noun
  1. 1
    Card stock. uncountable, usually

    "All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks."

  2. 2
    stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper wordnet
  3. 3
    A widget allowing multiple users to paste and share text or other items. countable
  4. 4
    A person's visiting card. countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable

    "“We shall only have to leave our pasteboards, Arthur.” He used the word ‘pasteboards,’ having heard it from some of the ingenuous youth of the nobility about town, and as a modern phrase suited to Pen’s tender years."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From paste + board.

Etymology 2

From paste + board.

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