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pasteboardy

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paste⋅board

[peyst-bawrd, -bohrd]
–noun
1. a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
2. Older Slang. a card, as a visiting card or a playing card.
3. Older Slang. a ticket, as for the theater.
–adjective
4. made of pasteboard.
5. unsubstantial, flimsy, or sham.

Origin:
1540–50; paste + board


pasteboardy, adjective
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