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cardboard
CIDE DICTIONARY
cardboard, n.
A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cardboard, n. & adj.
--n. pasteboard or stiff paper, esp. for making cards or boxes.
--adj.
1 made of cardboard.
2 flimsy, insubstantial.
--n. pasteboard or stiff paper, esp. for making cards or boxes.
--adj.
1 made of cardboard.
2 flimsy, insubstantial.
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