blotting paper
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of blotting paper
First recorded in 1510–20
Example Sentences
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He was subsequently handed blotting paper by a pink salwar kameez-clad Ripa, whose husband, actor Mark Consuelos, pat the table to the beat.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
The phenomenon was first noticed in blotting paper by a man named Frederic Ferdinand Runge in 1855 - he was so taken by his "self-painting pictures" that he wrote the book on them.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 2, 2017
Dabbing your face with a blotting paper before donning a VR headset can also help by cutting back on the amount of oil that will transfer from face to 'set.
From The Verge ● Jul. 8, 2016
As a bookish adolescent I sopped up texts as if I were blotting paper and they were fluid.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2012
He opened it and tipped the sample out onto a fresh square of blotting paper.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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