Meaning & use
papeterie
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An ornamental box or case for holding writing paper and stationery, or, more broadly, fine stationery itself.
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The antique shop displayed a Victorian papeterie inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
She kept her letters and stamps in an old papeterie on her desk.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French, "papeterie" literally means "stationery" or "paper goods," and in English usually refers to the decorative box rather than the paper itself.
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writing case
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