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Grammar : Noun
Spell : stey-shuh-ner-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsteɪ ʃəˌnɛr i



Définition of stationery

Origin :
  • 1727, from stationery wares (c.1680) "articles sold by a stationer," from stationer "seller of books and paper" (q.v.). Roving peddlers were more common in the Middle Ages; sellers with a fixed location were often bookshops licensed by universities. The Company of Stationers, one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, was founded 1556.
  • noun writing materials
Example sentences :
  • It was a stationery and tobacco store, and I was right at his heels when he entered.
  • Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
  • A square envelope, belonging, in fact, to the ship's stationery.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • There was no stationery in the desk, but Mary had a pocket diary in her chatelaine bag.
  • Extract from : « A Woman for Mayor » by Helen M. Winslow
  • And he did it in three weeks, after beginning as a clerk in the stationery.
  • Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • He saw that the stationery cabinet had been disturbed and laughed.
  • Extract from : « The Daffodil Mystery » by Edgar Wallace
  • Long it had lain among her stationery, the last of a kind she had formerly used.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean » by Pauline Lester
  • I had a close imitation of his stationery; only an expert could detect our passes.
  • Extract from : « Between the Lines » by Henry Bascom Smith
  • Colonel North made room at his own desk, after providing the stationery.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants » by H. Irving Hancock
  • The stationery, the postmark, the date upon it, all seemed perfectly in accord.
  • Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr
  • A case or folder in which leaves of loose paper or other stationery may be carried.
  • Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins

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