pasteboard
Noun
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Noun
pasteboard
- (usually, uncountable) Card stock.
- 1912, Howard Roger Garis, Larry Dexter and the Stolen Boy
- He handed Larry two slips of pasteboard, theater tickets, as was evident at first glance.
- 1912, Howard Roger Garis, Larry Dexter and the Stolen Boy
- (computing, countable) A widget allowing multiple users to paste and share text or other items.
- German: Pappkarton, Karton
pasteboard (not comparable)
- (figurative) unsubstantial; flimsy
- 1955, The Junior Bookshelf (volume 19, page 241)
- A poor, pasteboard story. The conventional, unattractive heroine is recovering from an illness in Rome. She is discontented and sorry for herself because her planned career as a sports mistress has now to be abandoned.
- 1955, The Junior Bookshelf (volume 19, page 241)
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