pasteboard

[ peyst-bawrd, -bohrd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
Older Slang. a card, as a visiting card or a playing card.
Older Slang. a ticket, as for the theater.

pasteboard

/ ˈpeɪstˌbɔːd /

1. a stiff board formed from layers of paper or pulp pasted together, esp as used in bookbinding
2. ( as modifier )
  a pasteboard book cover
slang.
a card or ticket

First recorded in 1540–50; paste + board

We adjourned to a nearby restaurant, the Raw Bar Blu, and commandeered a table under the low pasteboard ceiling.

Mrs. Newbolt was cutting splints for her new sun-bonnet out of a pasteboard box.

One of Yung Pak's favourite toys was a wooden jumping-jack with a pasteboard tongue.

She has about as much intention of eloping with him as a little girl might have of eloping with a pasteboard Jim Crow.

It is a Chinese custom to use, instead of pillows, little stools of bamboo or strong pasteboard.

I take the pasteboard, return it to my case, and walk slowly out of the reception-room.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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