shelf paper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shelf paper
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Remember about 20 years ago when some Target stores began selling groceries, allowing you to buy bananas and breakfast cereal along with your underwear and shelf paper?
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2023
Mrs. Parish loved Christmas and had specific traditions: Presents were wrapped in crisp white shelf paper with bright red ribbon, and Rigaud Cypres candles were paired with bouquets of paperwhites, said Ms. Harris.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2021
The Perrys projected each day's rushes on two sheets of shelf paper tacked to the wall of their room in the Haverford Inn.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kitchen shelf paper, white or tinted to match one’s color scheme, may be impregnated with insecticide, not merely on one but on both sides.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
She'll read an old shelf paper for hours, but carry her up a new paper and like as not when you get to the bed with it, you'll find her asleep.
From Sunshine Jane by Warner, Anne
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