onionskin
English
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editEtymology
editFrom onion + skin; named for its resemblance to the skin of an onion (thin and crinkly).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editonionskin (countable and uncountable, plural onionskins)
- A thin, strong, light, translucent paper; used especially for making carbon copies.
- Synonym: onion paper
- 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 406:
- I heard the dry-leaf rustle of onionskin papers.
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