SLIP OF PAPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slip of paper mean? 

• SLIP OF PAPER (noun)
  The noun SLIP OF PAPER has 1 sense:

1. a small sheet of paper

  Familiarity information: SLIP OF PAPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLIP OF PAPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small sheet of paper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

slip; slip of paper

Context example:

a withdrawal slip

Hypernyms ("slip of paper" is a kind of...):

piece of paper; sheet; sheet of paper (paper used for writing or printing)

 Context examples 

If he wants anything else he prints it on a slip of paper and leaves it.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes wrote a name upon a slip of paper and handed it to the Premier.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I pocketed the slip of paper.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Give me a pencil and that slip of paper.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was sitting, fully dressed, in an easy-chair, with a slip of paper which looked like a map upon his knee, and his forehead sunk forward upon his hand in deep thought.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A name casually written on a slip of paper has enabled me to find her out.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"I think the money is the best part of it. What will you do with such a fortune?" asked Amy, regarding the magic slip of paper with a reverential eye.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“I would willingly give five hundred,” said the J.P., taking the slip of paper and the pencil which Holmes handed to him.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Stanley Hopkins drew a slip of paper from his pocket.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She stood smiling, holding up a little slip of paper in the air.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)