deckle-edged
[dek-uh l-ejd]
- having a deckle edge: deckle-edged paper for stationery.
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Origin of deckle-edged
First recorded in 1885–90
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Printed on deckle-edged paper, with gilt top, and bound in cloth.
The Baron's SonsMr Jkai
It is handsomely printed in large Caslon type on Dickinson's deckle-edged paper.
Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843)Alexander Philipp Maximilian, Prince of Wied
Mr. Lawson's proclamations and market communications are invariably printed on the finest grade of deckle-edged paper.
Frenzied FinanceThomas W. Lawson
The immediate result of this interchange of deckle-edged insults was to daze the public.
Frenzied FinanceThomas W. Lawson
And Archibald pulled the parchment-bound, deckle-edged booklet from his outer breast pocket.
Cleo The MagnificentLouis Zangwill