freesheet

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See also: free-sheet and free sheet

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Etymology 1

From free +‎ sheet.

Noun

freesheet (plural freesheets)

  1. (chiefly UK) A free newspaper.
    • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 108:
      A helpful assistant suggested a local newspaper for English-speaking residents, but after a taxi ride to La Napoule I found only the back-street office of a free-sheet listing properties for sale, swimming-pool constructors and dealers in used Mercedes.
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Etymology 2

Shortening of groundwood-free + sheet

Noun

freesheet (countable and uncountable, plural freesheets)

  1. (paper industry) A sheet of paper that does not contain groundwood.
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References

  • freesheet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.