Definition of foolscap in English:

foolscap

nounˈfuːlzkapˈfuːlskapˈfʊlzˌkæp

mass nounBritish

A size of paper, about 330 × 200 (or 400) mm.
〈英〉大裁（纸张规格，尺寸约330 × 200 或400毫米）
as modifier several sheets of foolscap paper
几张大页书写纸。
Example sentencesExamples
- While he was doing so, one of his friends got a foolscap page, drew the TV3 logo on it and stuck it onto the screen.
- The menu is a single page of foolscap, but what a page!
- She took foolscap paper, turned and folded it to form page spreads, and sewed it to hold the sheets together.
- There will be about ten sides of foolscap paper, including perhaps half a dozen game reports.
- One day I gave her a chapter on four foolscap sheets.
- Jack was furious when I put that blank piece of foolscap, headed Our Achievements, on the Bute House cabinet table.
- A music journalist in front of me rips out a sheet of foolscap paper and spills himself on it.
- I would write six sides of this big foolscap with tiny lines.
- Always he wrote on the back of foolscap paper, the front of which was filled with an early draft of a section of one of his books.
- Her CV, hand scrawled in a bi-tel across nine pages of A4 foolscap is a terribly poignant autobiography.
- One writer swears by always writing longhand in foolscap paper in fluorescent orange colours.

Origin

Late 17th century: said to be named from a former watermark representing a fool's cap.

Definition of foolscap in US English:

foolscap

nounˈfʊlzˌkæpˈfo͝olzˌkap

British

A size of paper, now standardized at about 13 × 8 (or 13 × 15.75) inches (300 × 200 [or 300 × 400] mm)
as modifier a stack of foolscap paper
Example sentencesExamples
- I would write six sides of this big foolscap with tiny lines.
- One writer swears by always writing longhand in foolscap paper in fluorescent orange colours.
- Her CV, hand scrawled in a bi-tel across nine pages of A4 foolscap is a terribly poignant autobiography.
- A music journalist in front of me rips out a sheet of foolscap paper and spills himself on it.
- Jack was furious when I put that blank piece of foolscap, headed Our Achievements, on the Bute House cabinet table.
- She took foolscap paper, turned and folded it to form page spreads, and sewed it to hold the sheets together.
- One day I gave her a chapter on four foolscap sheets.
- Always he wrote on the back of foolscap paper, the front of which was filled with an early draft of a section of one of his books.
- While he was doing so, one of his friends got a foolscap page, drew the TV3 logo on it and stuck it onto the screen.
- The menu is a single page of foolscap, but what a page!
- There will be about ten sides of foolscap paper, including perhaps half a dozen game reports.

Origin

Late 17th century: said to be named from a former watermark representing a fool's cap.

单词	foolscap
释义	Definition of foolscap in English: foolscap nounˈfuːlzkapˈfuːlskapˈfʊlzˌkæp mass nounBritish A size of paper, about 330 × 200 (or 400) mm. 〈英〉大裁（纸张规格，尺寸约330 × 200 或400毫米） as modifier several sheets of foolscap paper 几张大页书写纸。 Example sentencesExamples While he was doing so, one of his friends got a foolscap page, drew the TV3 logo on it and stuck it onto the screen. The menu is a single page of foolscap, but what a page! She took foolscap paper, turned and folded it to form page spreads, and sewed it to hold the sheets together. There will be about ten sides of foolscap paper, including perhaps half a dozen game reports. One day I gave her a chapter on four foolscap sheets. Jack was furious when I put that blank piece of foolscap, headed Our Achievements, on the Bute House cabinet table. A music journalist in front of me rips out a sheet of foolscap paper and spills himself on it. I would write six sides of this big foolscap with tiny lines. Always he wrote on the back of foolscap paper, the front of which was filled with an early draft of a section of one of his books. Her CV, hand scrawled in a bi-tel across nine pages of A4 foolscap is a terribly poignant autobiography. One writer swears by always writing longhand in foolscap paper in fluorescent orange colours. Origin Late 17th century: said to be named from a former watermark representing a fool's cap. Definition of foolscap in US English: foolscap nounˈfʊlzˌkæpˈfo͝olzˌkap British A size of paper, now standardized at about 13 × 8 (or 13 × 15.75) inches (300 × 200 [or 300 × 400] mm) as modifier a stack of foolscap paper Example sentencesExamples I would write six sides of this big foolscap with tiny lines. One writer swears by always writing longhand in foolscap paper in fluorescent orange colours. Her CV, hand scrawled in a bi-tel across nine pages of A4 foolscap is a terribly poignant autobiography. A music journalist in front of me rips out a sheet of foolscap paper and spills himself on it. Jack was furious when I put that blank piece of foolscap, headed Our Achievements, on the Bute House cabinet table. She took foolscap paper, turned and folded it to form page spreads, and sewed it to hold the sheets together. One day I gave her a chapter on four foolscap sheets. Always he wrote on the back of foolscap paper, the front of which was filled with an early draft of a section of one of his books. While he was doing so, one of his friends got a foolscap page, drew the TV3 logo on it and stuck it onto the screen. The menu is a single page of foolscap, but what a page! There will be about ten sides of foolscap paper, including perhaps half a dozen game reports. Origin Late 17th century: said to be named from a former watermark representing a fool's cap.
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