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Paper weight

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any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise.

See also: Paper



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I followed them to my study, and found lying on my writing-table still, with the selenite paper weight upon it, the sheet of work I had left on the afternoon of the opening of the cylinder.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
Then he read them again and placed the document beneath a paper weight in front of him.
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