paper clip

NOUN

wire or plastic bent to hold paper

Synonyms

WEAK

gem clip paper fastener paperclip

Example Sentences

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My college applications—each in its bulky envelope, larded with paper clips, staples and whiteout—had to be postmarked by noon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even Woo has a paper clip pinning his tiny nostrils together.

From Literature

So he found a workaround: a paper clip.

From The Wall Street Journal

I was holding it together with Scotch tape and paper clips.

From Salon

After a few weeks, Webb had read it and stuck a paper clip — about 500 in all — over every passage that might offend the higher-ups.

From Los Angeles Times