Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A box used to hold stationery and other writing materials.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A case or box, usually somewhat or namental, containing paper and other materials for writing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A case or box containing paper and materials for writing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A
case orbox containingpaper andwriting materials .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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At the cash register, when I take out my carte bancaire, * Françoise still calls over to the papeterie, * shouting at them to bring back the hand-held credit card processor (the one the two stores have always shared, never mind the inconvenience).
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At the cash register, when I take out my carte bancaire, * Françoise still calls over to the papeterie, * shouting at them to bring back the hand-held credit card processor (the one the two stores have always shared, never mind the inconvenience).
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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At the cash register, when I take out my carte bancaire, * Françoise still calls over to the papeterie, * shouting at them to bring back the hand-held credit card processor (the one the two stores have always shared, never mind the inconvenience).
Characters 2009
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Also, I loved all the "papeterie shops" -- for pens, notebooks, agendas ....
Que Faire a Aix-en-Provence? / What to do in Aix-en-Provence? - French Word-A-Day 2010
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At the cash register, when I take out my carte bancaire, * Françoise still calls over to the papeterie, * shouting at them to bring back the hand-held credit card processor (the one the two stores have always shared, never mind the inconvenience).
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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At the cash register, when I take out my carte bancaire, * Françoise still calls over to the papeterie, * shouting at them to bring back the hand-held credit card processor (the one the two stores have always shared, never mind the inconvenience).
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At the cash register, when I take out my carte bancaire,* Françoise still calls over to the papeterie,* shouting at them to bring back the hand-held credit card processor the one the two stores have always shared, never mind the inconvenience.
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Also, I loved all the "papeterie shops"--for pens, notebooks, agendas....
Que Faire a Aix-en-Provence? / What to do in Aix-en-Provence? - French Word-A-Day 2010
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At the cash register, when I take out my carte bancaire,* Françoise still calls over to the papeterie,* shouting at them to bring back the hand-held credit card processor the one the two stores have always shared, never mind the inconvenience.
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At the cash register, when I take out my carte bancaire,* Françoise still calls over to the papeterie,* shouting at them to bring back the hand-held credit card processor the one the two stores have always shared, never mind the inconvenience.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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