Meanings
plural treasury tags
- A short piece of cord with metal bars at each end, used in offices for holding papers together or fastening them into a file.
From within he took several sheets of paper tied together with a green treasury tag.
1990, Martin Booth, Dreaming of Samarkand, Morrow1 more example
He had an aversion to staples and paper clips and therefore preferred documents to be joined by a treasury tag, or, as he put it, ‘klopped’.
2014, Boris Johnson, The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History, Hodder & StoughtonSynonyms: India tag
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA short piece of cord with metal bars at each end, used in offices for holding papers together or fastening them into a file.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 盲公繩 /盲公绳, 文件繩 /文件绳
- 盲公繩 /盲公绳paper fastener
- 文件繩 /文件绳paper fastener
- 快勞繩 /快劳绳paper fastener
Cite this entry
treasury tag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treasury%20tag
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