Broke

Definitions

1. Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.
2. A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“If the broke accumulates, a larger proportion can be used in making coloured papers, otherwise the above quantity is sufiicient.”

“Presumably, most of the brokes and waste⟳ were used up in this manner, and during the manufacture⟳ of the coarse stuff little or no attention was paid to either cleanliness or colour.”

“These mills purchase⟳ broke from other paper mills through middlemen and use⟳ it to make⟳ paper.”

“Why dost though linger, then, / To hear⟳ the flatteries of these men of rags? / These bankrupt beggar-men, / Whose riches are the broke meat in their bags?”

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