Definition of Slip of paper

1. Noun. A small sheet of paper. "A receipt slip"

Exact synonyms: Slip
Generic synonyms: Piece Of Paper, Sheet, Sheet Of Paper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slip Of Paper

slip-ups
slip away
slip by
slip carriage
slip case
slip clutch
slip coach
slip down
slip friction clutch
slip in
slip into
slip into something more comfortable
slip knot
slip noose
slip nooses
slip of paper (current term)
slip of the pen
slip of the tongue
slip off
slip on
slip one's mind
slip out
slip ring
slip rings
slip road
slip roads
slip sheet
slip someone's mind
slip stitch
slip through the cracks

Literary usage of Slip of paper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"The purchaser (Harrison, in this instance) chose three of the Thie ia a criminal prosecution based upon | sive, and wrote them upon a slip of paper, ..."

2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"The purchaser (Harrison, in this instance) chose three of the numbers from one to seventy-eight, inclusive, and wrote them upon a slip of paper, of which, ..."

3. The Private Journal of Aaron Burr, During His Residence of Four Years in by Aaron Burr (1838)
"You need not write to me any card, but simply put on a slip of paper, which you can give to my servant who carries this, / approve or disapprove, ..."

4. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"slip of paper handed out — " No. He has not yet upon him those marks of bravery in ... slip of paper handed out — "He was first upon the heights of Alma. ..."

5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"An allonge is a slip of paper which, when convenient or necessary, may be annexed to an instrument on which subsequent indorsements may be written, ..."

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