English Explanatory Dictionary

spoil-paper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An unskilled writer.

Word forms

spoil-paper spoil-papers

Etymology

From spoil + paper. Possibly a calque of French guaste-papier.

Synonyms

blotter feather-driver hack paper-blurrer penster squitter-pulp

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