blotter

[ blot-er ]

/ ˈblɒt ər /

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noun

a piece of blotting paper used to absorb excess ink, to protect a desk top, etc.

a book in which transactions or events, as sales or arrests, are recorded as they occur: a police blotter.

Machinery. a soft washer of blotting paper or felt for cushioning a brittle object against shock or pressure or for increasing the friction or contact area between two surfaces.

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Origin of blotter

1585–95; 1887 for def. 2; blot¹ + -er¹

Words nearby blotter

blot analysis, blotch, blotch printing, blotchy, blot out, blotter, blotting paper, blotto, Blount's disease, blouse, blouson

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How to use blotter in a sentence

He fit that work between other daily news, his column and a crime blotter he writes, sprinkled with storytelling flourishes that make it easy to imagine Mark Twain reading the contents to a crowd.
The Key Role a Local Newspaper Played in the Trial Over Ahmaud Arbery's Murder|Janell Ross/Brunswick, Ga.|November 30, 2021|Time
At the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, visitors stood before a towering depiction of the battle while inhaling the custom fragrance from blotters or tiny pumps.
Aromas can evoke beloved journeys — or voyages not yet taken|Jen Rose Smith|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
To the brokers of the future a lot of the value for clients comes from being able to integrate across all points of the trading life-cycle from the blotter to parent orders to child orders.
COVID put electronic trading to the test. It’s never buckled, Goldman Sachs says|Bernhard Warner|November 22, 2020|Fortune
But those claims clash with reports by independent groups that monitor data from morgues, emergency rooms and the police blotter.
Former Miss Venezuela Murdered In Roadside Attack|Mac Margolis|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And so much the rest of the story reads more like a police blotter than a saga of good old country music.
The Mindy McCready I Knew|Laurence Leamer|February 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Edna opened the blotter, and having procured paper and pen, began to write the note.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Then I held the paper below it, pressed the paw down, and made a signature, wiping the paw afterward with a blotter.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
They will quickly dry in this manner and will not become moldy, as the blotter soaks up the moisture.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
The boss was sitting back in his chair and making little rings on the desk blotter with the point of his letter-opener.
The Wreckers|Francis Lynde
Courtney laid the paper-cutter carefully on the blotter, and drawing out his cigarette case, he selected one and slowly lit it.
The Colonel of the Red Huzzars|John Reed Scott

British Dictionary definitions for blotter

blotter

/ (ˈblɒtə) /

noun

something used to absorb excess ink or other liquid, esp a sheet of blotting paper with a firm backing

US a daily record of events, such as arrests, in a police station (esp in the phrase police blotter)

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