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crepe paper

American  

noun

  1. thin paper densely wrinkled to resemble crepe, used for decorating, wrapping, etc.


crepe paper British  

noun

  1. thin crinkled coloured paper, resembling crepe and used for decorations

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of crepe paper

First recorded in 1890–95

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It’s from Etsy and made of crepe paper.

From Seattle Times Oct. 13, 2023

Sue McFarlane was among those interviewed by Nationwide in 1977, after she made a house decoration for 40p from a table top, crepe paper, cardboard and silver foil.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2022

Families put crepe paper on doorways to signal a death inside — and crepe was everywhere.

From New York Times Feb. 29, 2020

A few weeks before the big day, each class would usually scope out a barn somewhere and begin tricking out a hay trailer with every piece of crepe paper available in southwestern Ohio.

From Fox News Apr. 22, 2019

But Mack and the boys had taken the crepe paper, the masks, the broomsticks and paper pumpkins, the red, white, and blue bunting, and moved over the lot and across the street to the laboratory.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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