Definition of Onionskins

1. onionskin [n] - See also: onionskin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Onionskins

onion smut
onion stem
onion straw
onion straws
onion thrips
onion yellow-dwarf virus
onion yellow dwarf
onioned
onionier
onioniest
onioning
onionless
onionlike
onions
onionskin
onionskins (current term)
oniony
oniric
onirocritic
oniscoid
onium
oniums
onko-
onkus
onlap
onlapped
onlapping
onlaps
onlay
onlay graft

Literary usage of Onionskins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Canada by Jane M. Coe (1995)
"The other dyes below can be made in class. yellow/orange: boil some onionskins (the outer papery part) in water pink: cranberries (boiled cranberries, ..."

2. Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853)
"... ('onionskins," especially in the passage, too long for quotation, which begins (p. 76) at the words— " when iu my third letter," and terminates (p. ..."

3. The Baker's Book: A Practical Hand Book of the Baking Industry in All by Emil Braun (1902)
"... also some onionskins and eggshells. Some bakers add spices as well. Pour the boiling water over the ashes and let it filter into the tub. ..."

4. Tariff Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of by United States Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means (1908)
"... but we do ask that these papers be properly classified, and we do believe that all these papers I have referred to—onionskins, manifold. ..."

5. Pulp and Paper Investigation Hearings: April 25, 1908-Feb. 19, 1909, with by James Robert Mann, United States Congress. House. Select Committee Under House Resolution 344, United States, Congress, House, United States Congress. House (1909)
"Bond linen, onionskins. Bond, index. Filler board. Strawboard, leather board. Bristol, Nos. 1 and 2, flat writing. U'deer and bonds. ..."

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