单词 | India paper |
释义 | India paper/ˈɪndɪə /noun [mass noun] 1Soft, absorbent paper, originally imported from China and used for proofs of engravings.The impressions were priced at twenty dollars for an artist's proof, ten dollars for India paper proofs, and five dollars for plain proofs. 1.1Very thin, tough, opaque printing paper, used especially for Bibles.We all called it that, rather than The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, because it was published by The Chemical Rubber Publishing Company and printed on thin India paper, like a bible....
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