rag paper

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   paper made partly or wholly from rags

   Broaderwriting paper

Questions about rag paper

What does rag paper mean?

rag paper means "paper made partly or wholly from rags".

Is rag paper a common word?

rag paper is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.