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manilla

American  
[muh-nil-uh] / məˈnɪl ə /

manilla British  
/ məˈnɪlə /

noun

  1. an early form of currency in W Africa in the pattern of a small bracelet

"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

Etymology

Origin of manilla

from Spanish: bracelet, diminutive of mano hand, from Latin manus

Example Sentences

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Police also seized a notebook with starfish that belonged to Zwerner as well as a laptop and a manilla folder labeled with name of the boy who shot her, according to the search warrants.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023

"He said he just received today a manilla envelope that he held up in court with a bulge in it," Scannell reported.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2021

Same with the manilla folders we were using instead of the traditional privacy envelopes.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2020

Go to the supply room in any office and you’ll see plain, drab manilla folders.

From The Guardian • Mar. 21, 2016

I walked over to my files of newspaper clippings and pulled out a manilla folder, the one which has all the newspaper clippings about the auction and the museum buying the statue.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg