Meaning of thread-paper | Babel Free

Definitions

A piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up a skein of thread.

Examples

“[H]e takes the opportunity of sauntering up to my dressing-room, where he plays with the children, picks up my thread-paper, insists upon bringing me new music, and on reading to me some novel or poem, with which he is generally furnished.”

“And you, God bless me, you're only a thread-paper!”

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