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foolscap

 
   
a large nonmetric size of paper longer than A4, about 34cm × 43cm


COMMENT: Foolscap takes it name from a watermark of a clown\'s hat used in early papers. Foolscap folio is 13 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches; foolscap quarto is 8 1/2 × 6 3/4 inches and foolscap octavo is 6 3/4 × 4 1/4 inches.
 

 

 

 
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