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  • noun Plural form of paperweight.

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Examples

  • Beginners will get an introduction to basic glassblowing and will make two to four pieces such as paperweights, ornaments and vessels.

    PNJ - News 2009

  • While the replicas are described as "paperweights," the official website notes that they can be used as key-holders or worn as accessories.

    Anime News Network 2009

  • Beginners will get an introduction to basic glassblowing and will make two to four pieces such as paperweights, ornaments and vessels.

    PNJ - News 2009

  • I walked down aisle B, to where Johnny and his sledgehammer stood behind a display of silver crosses and Holy Ghost paperweights.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • Unique paperweights for example, a frog prince for a storybook wedding

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • Because Fancy and her sister slept in the sleeping porch at the back of the house, a room with screens instead of proper walls, they relied on numerous paperweights to keep their papers from scattering in the constant breeze.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Buried alive in those collections, I bought the house next door to mine and started to collect other things, like spoons, crystal vases, glass fruit, cupboards, paperweights, and silver picture frames.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • Buried alive in those collections, I bought the house next door to mine and started to collect other things, like spoons, crystal vases, glass fruit, cupboards, paperweights, and silver picture frames.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • I walked down aisle B, to where Johnny and his sledgehammer stood behind a display of silver crosses and Holy Ghost paperweights.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • Because Fancy and her sister slept in the sleeping porch at the back of the house, a room with screens instead of proper walls, they relied on numerous paperweights to keep their papers from scattering in the constant breeze.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

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