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- noun Plural form of
foolscap .
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Examples
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Below the foolscaps, placed so low I had to kneel to get a good look, were a couple of watercolors.
Devil's Waltz Kellerman, Jonathan 1992
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It would be difficult for them to convince any one that Father Vaughan and Lord Fitzalan were wearing foolscaps.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Maisie Ward 1932
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And yet so great was my humility that, when I entered Lincoln's Inn Hall one Monday shortly before 10 A.M., and received pens, some foolscaps, and a printed exam paper on the Law of Real and Personal Property and
Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. F. Anstey 1895
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Soldanellas, like little fringed foolscaps, by the brilliant little red and purple Alpine snap-dragon, and by the cushion-forming growths of saxifrages and other minute plants which encrust the rocks and bear, closely set in their compact, green, velvet-like foliage, tiny flowers as brilliant as gems.
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Many of this strange company wore foolscaps, and had little bells appended to their garments, tinkling with a silvery sound, responsive to the inaudible music of their gleesome spirits.
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Many of this strange company wore foolscaps and had little bells appended to their garments, tinkling with a silvery sound responsive to the inaudible music of their gleesome spirits.
Twice Told Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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"with fair round belly with good capon lined," magnificent foolscaps, wooden swords with terrible inscriptions, gigantic chapeaus with plumes made of vegetables, in a word, every imaginable absurdity is to be seen.
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