Definitions

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  • adjective Having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards and forwards.

Etymologies

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fan +‎ fold

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Examples

  • When I printed his precons for the court file, the printout on the old fanfold paper went all the way along the floor of the parade room and half way back again.

    An Idiots Guide To Dreaming « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006

  • Remember how much fun you had swapping 5e-inch floppies, or tearing the perforated edges off fanfold paper?

    When Pcs Byte The Dust 2007

  • The lost novel was rewritten in a few days, thanks to the daily fanfold printouts that I made as a last-ditch backup.

    Rainy Days and Mondays Walter Jon Williams 2007

  • The prosecutor lifts a computerized record on fanfold paper, then lets it unfold to the floor.

    VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005

  • The prosecutor lifts a computerized record on fanfold paper, then lets it unfold to the floor.

    VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005

  • The prosecutor lifts a computerized record on fanfold paper, then lets it unfold to the floor.

    VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005

  • The prosecutor lifts a computerized record on fanfold paper, then lets it unfold to the floor.

    Vanishing Acts Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2005

  • Alan left the papers in their virgin, fanfold state, and began flipping through them.

    Jinx High Lackey, Mercedes 1994

  • The fanfold instruction card could be dramatically shrunk down to the size of the instructions already distributed with an iPod.

    NYT > Home Page By ERIC A. TAUB 2010

  • It consists of a cylinder shaped cartridge with fanfold filter media between the beige ends.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2009

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