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Meanings of blotter in English

Catalan
esborrany

The daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station.

esborrany
Portuguese
papelmata-borrão
Catalan
paper assecant

Absorbent paper used to dry ink.

papelmata-borrão
Synonyms
Examples for "blotting paper"
Examples for "blotting paper"
1
Seregil smoothed a square of stained blotting paper out on the bed.
The White Road
2
Become like a sheet of blotting paper and soak it all in.
Kafka on the Shore
3
By the way, blotting paper would be a great aid to writing.
At Ypres with Best-Dunkley
4
These, the second, he showed several pieces of blotting paper freshly used.
The Red Seal
5
She therefore had had neither blotting paper nor sand at her disposal.
The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow
Usage of blotter in English
1
The Sergeant pulled the blotter toward him mechanically and dipped his pen.
Children of the Tenements
2
Kennedy was holding the brass blotter near the bust as he talked.
The Exploits of Elaine
3
Some people absent-mindedly scribble lines and absurd names on their desk blotter.
The book of disquiet
4
Graves regretfully dropped a blotter over his manuscript and advanced a chair.
The Henchman
5
The final message froze the fingers I was drumming on the blotter.
Bones of the Lost
6
Jay will gently press the bit of blotter away from the soil.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
7
At last she dipped her dry pen and laid the blotter ready.
Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge
8
Stubby poked thoughtfully with a pencil at the blotter on his desk.
Poor Man's Rock
9
There was a blotter perfectly placed in the center of the desk.
The Laughing Corpse
10
The blotter was positioned perfectly parallel to the edge of the desk.
Bones of the Lost
11
The sheriff opened a folder and spread its contents on her blotter.
Fatal Voyage
12
Angier lamp glow, soaking it out on a blotter of pale grey.
Woken furies
13
I tapped the stock of the pistol lightly on the desk blotter.
Rage
14
Circling the desk, I placed the prints and diagram on his blotter.
206 Bones
15
She hit send and a cardboard coffee cup materialized on her blotter.
Frozen Heat
16
I slammed my palms on the blotter and shot to my feet.
Deadly Décisions
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