slip of paper

collocation in English

meaningsofslipandpaper

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slip
noun
uk
/slɪp/us
/slɪp/
a small piece ...
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paper
noun
uk
/ˈpeɪ.pər/us
/ˈpeɪ.pɚ/
thin, flat material made from crushed wood or cloth, used for writing, printing, or ...
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(Definition ofslipandpaperfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslip of paper

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In more rural and remote regions that have no telephones, we collected the names of the heads of households and recorded them on aslipofpaper.
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They will merely sign aslipofpaperand the marriage will take place.
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The word is written down on a card, aslipofpaperor a wall sheet.
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Afterward, however, he tears up theslipofpaper.
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The man whose name was on theslipofpaperwas declared to have been elected for two years.
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They borrow money and then put in aslipofpaperto say that £10,000,000 is owing on this account.
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I appreciate that aslipofpaperwhich accompanies all applications uses the same form of wording.
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He got thisslipofpapertelling him he was charged with conduct prejudicial to military discipline.
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Some days later, he received a pinkslipofpapersaying that a prosecution was being considered.
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Each justice is given aslipofpaperand is asked to write down the name of the person he wishes to be chairman.
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It is the same set of type, and it is only a question of printing the speech on anotherslipofpaper.
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It is a mereslipofpaper—a promise to pay, at the end of a certain number of years, a sum of money, plus interest.
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Thatslipofpapercould be enclosed with the payslip or sent out in any other way which suits the employer.
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I suggested that we should all put our weekly wages down on aslipofpaperand hand it to the chairman to read.
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The operator dialled and then had to get a littleslipofpaperand put down how long a call lasted from the start.
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We ask them to vote on aslipofpaperthat seems to have been printed by the last remaining letterpress printer in the country.
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The receipt for that tax would be a little tear-offslipofpapersimilar to those issued for seats at theatres and cinemas.
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I then drew out oneslipofpaper, in the case where there was equality of votes between the second and third candidate.
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He was not satisfied with dealing with theslipofpaperwhich was sent to him; he had to write a letter.
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At first the token was aslipofpapercalled a flimsy because of its thickness.
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This makes the tokens, essentially aslipofpaper, very cheap to produce.
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Is it to be done by dice, or to be drawn by aslipofpaper, or is it by trial, by fire, or by water?
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