foolscapnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfuːl.skæp/us/ˈfuːl.skæp/paper of a standard size, measuring 17.2 cm x 21.6 cm
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Publishing: paper & stationery
- A2
- A3
- A5
- acid-free
- assembler
- ballpoint pen
- graph paper
- headed notepaper
- highlighter
- jotter
- keypad
- legal pad
- pencil
- ream
- rice paper
- rough paper
- scrap paper
- scratch paper
- tissue
- watermark
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Examples from literature
- One was affixed to a yellowish paper, the other drawn on plain white foolscap.
- She took a sheet of foolscap, and made it into four sheets of note paper.
- The letter was a long one, covering several sheets of foolscap.
- The manuscript of his journal occupies forty foolscap pages.
- This he did in a fine bold hand on four sides of foolscap.