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shelf paper
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noun
paper used for covering shelves, especially those of a cupboard or kitchen cabinet.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of shelf paper
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby shelf paper
shelf fungus, shelf ice, shelf life, shelflist, shelf mark, shelf paper, shelf-stacker, shelf talker, shelfware, Shelikof Strait, shell
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