butcher paper

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal

She wrapped her classroom’s bookshelf in red butcher paper and wrote “books the state doesn’t want you to read” on it in black marker.

From Salon

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

From Seattle Times

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

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