pasteboard

pasteboard
pasteboardy, adj.
/payst"bawrd", -bohrd'/, n.
1. a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
2. Older Slang. a card, as a visiting card or a playing card.
3. Older Slang. a ticket, as for the theater.
adj.
4. made of pasteboard.
5. unsubstantial, flimsy, or sham.
[1540-50; PASTE + BOARD]

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