legal-size
Americanadjective
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(of paper) measuring approximately 8½ × 14 inches (22 × 36 centimeters).
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(of office supplies and equipment) made for holding legal-size sheets of paper.
legal-size file folders.
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They pulled legal-size lobsters — at least 3.25 inches but not over 5 inches, from its eye to the back of its shell — from each baited cage and tossed back the smaller ones.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2023
Marcella switched to legal-size notebooks, writing recipes and sometimes “preambles” very fast in a tight script, sometimes in red ink.
From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2022
Recreational harvesters can collect 100 legal-size oysters per day but are limited to the same areas and hours open for commercial harvest.
From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2020
Within eight months, every legal-size gag grouper was gone.
From Slate • Aug. 5, 2016
I dodged into a pawn-shop and bought a legal-size envelope and some sheets of paper.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman
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