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carbon paper

noun [U]
 
 

Definition

thin paper with a covering of carbon or other dark substance on one side, used between sheets of writing to make copiesPaper Copying and copiesForgery
(Definition of carbon paper noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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