What does paper-thick mean?
Paper-thick means (figurative, dated, uncommon) Paper-thin..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(figurative, dated, uncommon) Paper-thin..
To make a key of a chamber-door, which to your sight hath its wards and rose-pipe but paper-thick, and yet at pleasure, in a minute of an hour, shall become a perfect pistol, capable to shoot through a breast-plate commonly of carbine-proof, with prime, powder, and firelock, undiscoverable to a stranger's hand.
Another woman was selling very sharp knives. Using one hand she sliced through a bit of tomato that already seemed paper-thick.
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Paper-thick means (figurative, dated, uncommon) Paper-thin..
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To make a key of a chamber-door, which to your sight hath its wards and rose-pipe but paper-thick, and yet at pleasure, in a minute of an hour, shall become a perfect pistol, capable to shoot through a breast-plate commonly of carbine-proof, with prime, powder, and firelock, undiscoverable to a stranger's hand.
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