noosepaper
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Partially from noose + paper, partially indicating a nonstandard pronunciation /ˈnuːsˌpeɪpə(r)/ or /ˈnuːzˌpeɪpə(r)/.
Noun
[edit]noosepaper (plural noosepapers)
- (literary, humorous) A newspaper.
- 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 169:
- "That was only a mere ruse de guerre, as they say in the noosepapers."