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flock paper

American  

noun

  1. a wallpaper treated with flock to emphasize a design or effect.


flock paper British  

noun

  1. a type of wallpaper with a raised pattern See also flock 2

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of flock paper

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

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It was a chamber over forty feet long, with dark flock paper and dark curtains, with dark painted wainscoating below the paper, and huge dark mahogany furniture.

From An Eye for an Eye by Trollope, Anthony

The room was gloomy with dark red curtains and dark flock paper.

From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony

Also she encountered a pair of sawhorses overlaid with boards, upon which were rolls of green flock paper, several pairs of shears, a bucket of paste, a large, flat brush, a knife and a T-square.

From The Green Mouse by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

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