paperclip

[ UK /pˈe‍ɪpəklˌɪp/ ]
NOUN
  1. a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together
    the paper clip was invented in 1900
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How To Use paperclip In A Sentence

  • Straighten your second paperclip, put a few bends at the wire's end, and—with no pressure on your wrench—shove it to the back of the lock.
  • Anyone found wearing a paperclip was liable to immediate arrest. Times, Sunday Times
  • Watch as paperclip melts hole in nail. Times, Sunday Times
  • You also need card, gold spray paint, glue, scissors, a pin and a paperclip. The Sun
  • It is about the length of a paperclip (31-42mm). Times, Sunday Times
  • Sitting at your desk, making statues out of paperclips, it's easy to drift off into a fantasy land of ice cream and beaches.
  • Straighten your second paperclip, put a few bends at the wire's end, and—with no pressure on your wrench—shove it to the back of the lock.
  • Mostly she asked for ice cream, pulled faces during meetings, or tried to escape using a hang-glider made of post-it notes and paperclips.
  • I'm going to make some little doohickey out of paperclips for the next half hour and then maybe wander off and get a candy bar.
  • The tiny stick of metal was less than an inch long, and thinner than a paperclip.
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