Meanings
nounwaxpaper (countable and uncountable, plural waxpapers)
plural waxpapers
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of wax paper.
Grandmother rushed here and there when the sun was a mere pale disc, helping, always helping: rolling straws from waxpaper for a few cents a bundle, chopping meat and vegetables for the large family meals, kneading riceflour cakes for market the next morning.
1992, Beth Yahp, “So You Will Never Leave Me”, in The Crocodile Fury, Sydney, N.S.W.: Angus&Robertson, published 1993, →ISBN, page 124
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