treasury tag en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɹɛʒəɹi ˈtæɡ/
- (US) audio
Meanings
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A short piece of cord with metal bars at each end, used in offices for holding papers together or fastening them into a file.
From within he took several sheets of paper tied together with a green treasury tag.
1990, Martin Booth, Dreaming of Samarkand, Morrow:He had an aversion to staples and paper clips and therefore preferred documents to be joined by a treasury tag, or, as he put it, ‘klopped’.
2014, Boris Johnson, The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History, Hodder & Stoughton:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| treasury tags | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (3)
cmn 盲公繩 /盲公绳 (paper fastener) · cmn 快勞繩 /快劳绳 (paper fastener) · cmn 文件繩 /文件绳 (paper fastener)