paper clip
Frequency: 8.525.1 per million words
a small piece of bent wire or plastic used for holding things together, especially sheets of paper
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Examples (10)
- Could you pass me a paper clip?
- She made a long chain out of paper clips during the boring meeting.
- I'll just fasten these documents together with a paper clip.
- A single, shiny paper clip lay on the empty desk.
- We've run out of paper clips in the supply closet.
- Instead of a staple, he used a colorful plastic paper clip to attach the memo.
- He learned how to pick a simple lock using only a bent paper clip.
- She fiddled with a paper clip nervously while waiting for her turn.
- Paper clips held the picture in place on the board.
- The memo was attached to the file with a large, red paper clip.