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Paperweight   /pˈeɪpərwˌeɪt/   Listen
Paperweight

noun
1.
A weight used to hold down a stack of papers.





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"Paperweight" Quotes from Famous Books



... Melton," commented Tom, playing lazily with a heavy paperweight he had bought at a curio shop at their last ...
— Bert Wilson in the Rockies • J. W. Duffield
... "When Busch had finished his demonstration, he carelessly tossed the device on my desk. The thing skidded and hit my paperweight so that the switch was thrown on again. So now the device and my desk ...
— The Untouchable • Stephen A. Kallis


Words linked to "Paperweight" :   weight


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