cigarette paper
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"If something wasn't correct in there I think they would have found it, we're not talking about back of cigarette paper figures."
From BBC
As Birmingham sleeps, England will need seven more wickets, Australia another 174 runs to reach their target of 281 - barely a cigarette paper between them, day five full of promise for another classic.
From BBC
Having spent nine years in the Soviet Gulag, including hard labor cutting stone, he secretly wrote on cigarette papers what are regarded as some of his best verses.
From New York Times
Police also seized electric scales, cigarette papers and a cellphone allegedly used to receive orders for drugs from tourists through text messages.
From Washington Times
Considering the form Liverpool are in it reflects great credit on Wolves that there was barely a cigarette paper between the two sides, except that is now an outdated expression.
From The Guardian
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