onionskin
onionskin Lexical Profile
onionskin Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A thin, lightweight, strong, and often translucent glossy paper, historically used with carbon paper for typing duplicate copies or for airmail correspondence.
"The secretary typed the international correspondence on delicate sheets of onionskin to reduce the airmail postage cost."
A type of antique handmade glass marble featuring a swirling, mottled surface pattern of thin, superimposed layers of color.
"The collector's prized possession was a nineteenth-century German onionskin in mint condition."
• adjective
Made of, resembling, or characteristic of thin, translucent, glossy paper or the papery outer layer of an onion.
"The archive contained several onionskin manuscripts from the mid-twentieth century."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the late 19th century as a compound of 'onion' and 'skin', referencing the paper's resemblance to the thin, papery outer layers of an onion bulb.