thread-paper

plural thread-papers · alternative threadpaper

1. A piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up a skein of thread.

   And you, God bless me, you're only a thread-paper!

   1925, Stanley John Weyman, “XIV Anna Furens”, in Queen's Folly

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   [H]e takes the opportunity of sauntering up to my dressing-room, where he plays with the children, picks up my thread-paper, insists upon bringing me new music, and on reading to me some novel or poem, with which he is generally furnished.

   1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 219