blotter en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English blot Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blotter From blot + -er.
Meanings
- A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture.
- (qualifier:perfumery) A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture. ▸ A strip of such paper saturated with perfume.
- A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station.
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A register of the related events made in the form of the list of times and brief descriptions.
All transactions were entered in the cash blotter and agent's subsidiary ledger.
He maintains the political blotter blog.
"The blotter was so full of his scribbling, it was getting harder and harder to find places to write in."
2003, Karen Hood-Caddy, The Wisdom of Water:
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(slang) A portion of blotter acid.
Glass bottles of liquid LSD; moist blocks of Manali charras and Malana cream; sachets of smack; a hundred caps of MDMA and a phial of Australian DMT; ampoules of medical morphine and a dense pad of four thousand Californian blotters.
2012, Alex Wyndham Baker, Cursive:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blotters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
blotter acid · blotter art · trade blotter · police blotter · electroblotter · blottery · miniblotter
Synonyms
desk pad · desk blotter · desk blotter · police blotter · desk pad · mouillette
Translations (9)
it brogliaccio (police station register) · it registro (police station register) · ru журна́л (police station register) · cmn 記事簿 /记事簿 (police station register) · de Polizeiregister (police station register) · bg регистър (police station register) · ru реги́стр (police station register) · de Protokollbuch (police station register) · ru кни́га за́писей (police station register)