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Definition of Foolscaps
1. foolscap [n] - See also: foolscap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foolscaps
Literary usage of Foolscaps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Paper-manufacturing in the United States, 1690-1916 by Lyman Horace Weeks (1916)
"... were: Note paper, first class 55 to 60 cents Note paper, good 50 to 55 " Note
paper, common 45 to 50 " Letters and foolscaps, first class 50 to 55 ..."
2. Moore's Australian Almanac and Country Directory (1878)
"... and Mediums White, Coloured, and Toned Printing of all Wove, in foolscaps,
double foolscaps, kinds Cheque, Enamelled, Surface, and Gummed Papers Cards, ..."
3. Publications (1847)
"Another cut represents the pilgrims with foolscaps on their heads, driven by a
mob, and one of them before a man sitting with his secretary at a table; ..."
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