papier collé

[ French pa-pyeykaw-ley ]

/ French paˈpyeɪ kɔˈleɪ /

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noun, plural pa·piers col·lés

[French pa-pyeykaw-ley]. /French paˈpyeɪ kɔˈleɪ/.

collage.

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Origin of papier collé

<French: literally, glued paper

Words nearby papier collé

Paphian, Paphian Goddess, Paphlagonia, Paphos, Papiamento, papier collé, papier-mâché, papilionaceous, papilla, papillary, papillary muscle

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How to use papier collé in a sentence

His papier-mâché characters are either sounding boards or set dressing.
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Villa and Zapata looked on, smiling their papier mache smiles, sure they had seen something like this before.
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A collection of rock-like papier-mâché sculptures stands across from “Cymbals, Smoke and Scissors.”
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The rhinoceros, again looking pretty aimless and beaten down, was made—beautifully—of papier mache.
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A pregame rally south of the Washington Monument featured drum circles and papier maché puppets.
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Papier maché buttons came in with Henry Clay's patent in 1778.
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It is also the prime ingredient in the papier moure, a popular fly paper.
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L A composition of papier mach, with which Dr. Azoux has so beautifully represented anatomical subjects.
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The pole whereby it swung between the shoulders of the bearers was rich with the painted papier-maché of Cashmere.
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Filter through papier Chardin, by the aid of a hot-water funnel, if necessary (Fig. 101), into a sterile flask.
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British Dictionary definitions for papier collé

papier collé

/ (French papje kɔle) /

noun

a type of collage, usually of an abstract design

Word Origin for papier collé

French, literally: glued paper

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