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butcher paper

American  

noun

  1. heavy, moisture-resistant paper, as used for wrapping meat.


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Kwee told me I must, if nothing else, procure a roll of butcher paper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

In Federal Way, McCann reports, the district suggested teachers put butcher paper on the windows.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023

They started meeting up for lunch at a campus cafe called Cascadeli, where the sandwiches were big, thick, full of crunchy vegetables and wrapped in white butcher paper before being sliced in half.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022

On a roll of butcher paper, Salans had scrawled a question in bright blue marker: “Where do we go from here?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2022

They were both hideous waxy ghosts on butcher paper.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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