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Definition of Paper clip
1. Noun. A wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together. "The paper clip was invented in 1900"
Definition of Paper clip
1. Noun. A small, folded, wire or plastic device used to hold sheets of paper together. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paper Clip
Literary usage of Paper clip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Day One and Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle-Level Teachersby Rick Wormeli by Rick Wormeli (2003)
"Then I waited some more, fingering a paper clip as conspicuously as I could. ...
Hmm." I let the paper clip drop onto one student's desk, then picked it up, ..."
2. Science Experiments for Young Learnersby Jill Norris by Jill Norris (2000)
"Put a paper clip in a glass. Move the magnet along the outside of the glass.
Ask, "Does the paper clip move?" Record the results on the record sheet by ..."
3. Learning to Be a Scientist by Jo Ellen Moore, Jill Norris (2000)
"Put a paper clip in your cup. Move the magnet along the outside of the cup. ...
Did the magnet attract the paper clip through the paper? ..."
4. Celebrate Life: A Guide for Planning All Night Alcohol & Drug-Free edited by Sharon Murphy (1992)
"Loosen outer end of a regular size paper clip and slip loosened end through end
of all four balloons below knots; reform paper clip to normal shape. ..."
5. Hands-On Science 20 Themes by Jo Ellen Moore, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Kay Ballantyne, Sarah Martin, Marilyn Evans, Ann Iosa (2003)
"3) A magnet held above the paper clip attracted the paper clip to it, making it
float. ... Pa^e 4: Give each student or group a magnet, a small paper clip, ..."
6. How to Do Science Experiments with Children by Joan Bentley (2003)
"Drifting Down Question How do you think a parachute will affect how the paper
clip falls? A The parachute will not affect how the paper clip falls. ..."
7. Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness by Sasha Abramsky (2003)
"This idiot then gives OY, a schizoid in the cell next to mine a large paper clip.
OY is a known self mutilator. Needless to say, before I can even begin ..."
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