| 单词 | dominotier |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdominotier dominotier n. a maker of domino paper (see sense 3f). ΚΠ 1839 W. A. Chatto Treat. Wood Engraving ii. 59 In France the same kind of cuts [sc. wood-cuts], probably stencil-coloured, were called ‘dominos’... The word ‘domino’ was subsequently used as a name for coloured or marbled paper generally, and the makers of such paper..were called ‘dominotiers’. 1924 N. McClelland Hist. Wall-papers 20 The industry which gave the Dominotiers their name was the making of ‘domino papers’, which consisted principally of marbleized papers and again of others with little figures and grotesques, crudely printed from wood-blocks and coloured by hand. These ‘dominos’ were made in Rouen and in other cities..of France. < as lemmas |
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