Foolscap (Noun)
Meaning
A size of paper used especially in Britain.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- She was surprised to see her university application required submission on foolscap.
- Historically, important documents like treaties were signed on large sheets of foolscap paper.
- As an antique book collector, he cherished tomes with foolscap-sized pages and beautiful font styles.
- Typists often requested a pad of foolscap sheets when beginning new assignments for legibility and formality.
- Researchers searching the library's old files still handled brittle sheets of foolscap carefully for information extraction.