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unˈpaper, v.
[un-2 4.]
trans. To remove paper from; esp. to strip of a paper covering.
1714C. Johnson Country Lasses ii. ii, The Holland curtains.., up with 'em—unpaper the screens, the sconces, and the andirons. 1769J. Skeat Art Cookery 23 The fat of venison..is apt to waste, so that it is always necessary to paper it;..just before you want to take it up, unpaper it. 1802H. Martin Helen of Glenross I. 54 Dolly employed herself, unpapering and uncovering chairs and carpets. 1828P. Cunningham N.S. Wales (ed. 3) II. 269 A coterie of these nymphs were unpapering their curls. |