papeterie

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noun

A case or box containing paper and writing materials.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounpapeterie (plural papeteries)

plural papeteries

  1. datedA case or box containing paper and writing materials.
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    That evening after all the work was done, the little kitchen in order, the lamps lighted, the big one for the great, wandering ships at sea, and the little one for the quiet, humble family at home, Tilly took out a small papeterie of dark-blue embossed leather, and, opening it with a sigh, said:— "I 'll try to write that letter now, mother."

    1878, Helen Hunt Jackson, Saxe Holm's Stories, Second Series, Joe Hale's Red Stockings

Origin

  1. Frenchpapeterie“paper manufacture”
  2. Englishpapeterie

From French papeterie (“paper manufacture”), from papier (“paper”).

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APA

papeterie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papeterie

MLA

“papeterie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papeterie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “papeterie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papeterie.

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