Meanings
plural notepapers · alternative note-paper
- uncountableusuallyRelatively small writing paper used for writing notes or letters; often provided with matching envelopes.
An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN1 more example
I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
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Bulgarian хартия за писма
- хартия за писма (hartija za pisma)paper for writing notes or letters
Czech dopisní papír
- dopisní papírpaper for writing notes or letters
Hungarian levélpapír
- levélpapírpaper for writing notes or letters
Irish páipéar litreacha
- páipéar litreachapaper for writing notes or letters
Polish mały papier listowy
- mały papier listowypaper for writing notes or letters
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notepaper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/notepaper
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