How to pronounce foolscap
American English pronunciation
FOOLZ-kap
- IPA
- /ˈfulzˌkæp/
- Syllables
- FOOLZ · kap (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What foolscap means
A large sheet of writing paper
In a sentence: The old author wrote his stories by hand on sheets of foolscap.
Where it comes from: It probably comes from a faint mark of a jester's cap that was pressed into this paper when it was made.
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