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blotter.

A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture.

  2. A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture. A strip of such paper saturated with perfume.

  3. A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station.

  4. 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.
  5. A portion of blotter acid.

    slang
Where this word comes from

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.

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