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Paper

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So called from the papyʹrus or Egyptian reed used at one time for the manufacture of a writing material. Bryan Donkin, in 1803, perfected a machine for making a sheet of paper to any required length.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Panthera
Pantile Shop
Pantomime
Panton Gates
Pantry. (French, paneteric
Panurge
Panyer Stone (The)
Pap
Papa, Father
Papal Slippers (The)
Paper
Paper a House (To)
Paper King
Paper Marriages
Paper-stainer (A)
Paphian
Papimany
Papyra
Papyri
Par. (A)
Par (At)