manilla
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of manilla
from Spanish: bracelet, diminutive of mano hand, from Latin manus
Example Sentences
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The one below depicts manillas - the brass bracelets introduced as a form of currency by Portuguese traders and used from the 16th to the 19th Centuries.
From BBC
When asked how he decides where to give, Jacob Qualls, a business consultant in Chicago, grabbed a manilla envelope on his desk and sifted through his giving receipts from the past year.
From Seattle Times
The official document arrived in a manilla envelope more than five years after his wife put together a thick packet of recommendation letters for his clemency application.
From Seattle Times
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
Phones were collected in manilla envelopes and stored away before the proceedings began, and Bettman announced: “If anyone’s not planning to stay in the room, now is the time to leave.”
From Seattle Times
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