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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

Over on a side wall, the photograph’s black-and-white pictorial motif repeats again in three large-scale oil paintings on butcher paper, surely elaborated from old photographs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2023

My fellow classmates and I sat at tables covered in butcher paper.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 2022

And before I could squawk he also gave me the package that was wrapped up in brown butcher paper.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

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