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Through most of the 20th century, architectural offices were filled with armies of draftsmen, grease pencils and onionskin paper.
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Lauren Weber, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2020
Colors ranged from the palest onionskin to an almost brilliant maraschino cherry, yet the color was rarely a clue to the body and character of the wine.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 28 Dec. 2019
Most followed the prevailing Provençal fashion: rosés the color of pale onionskin.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 5 July 2018
To me, the smell would resemble that of time itself, something like onionskin paper.
—Anicka Yi, The New Yorker, 9 May 2017
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Lauren Weber, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2020
Colors ranged from the palest onionskin to an almost brilliant maraschino cherry, yet the color was rarely a clue to the body and character of the wine.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 28 Dec. 2019
Most followed the prevailing Provençal fashion: rosés the color of pale onionskin.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 5 July 2018
To me, the smell would resemble that of time itself, something like onionskin paper.
—Anicka Yi, The New Yorker, 9 May 2017
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“Onionskin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onionskin. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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onionskin
noun
on·ion·skin
-ˌskin 
: a thin strong nearly transparent paper of very light weight
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