Synonyms for stationery

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.

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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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