FOOLSCAP


Meaning of FOOLSCAP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also fool's cap ˈfülz-ˌkap

Date: 1602

1. : a cap or hood usually with bells worn by jesters

2. : a conical cap for slow or lazy students

3. usually foolscap

[from the watermark of a foolscap formerly applied to such paper]

: a size of paper formerly standard in Great Britain ; broadly : a piece of writing paper

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.