From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpaperweightpa‧per‧weight /ˈpeɪpəweɪt $ -ər-/ noun [countable] BBOa small heavy object used to hold pieces of paper in place
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paperweight• Once he sent me a paperweight, the very paperweight which had sat on his desk.• She Dreamed up a new hobby for the Mayor, collecting antique paperweights, and made good use of them.• Above the buttes, the mile-high white clouds were as flat on the bottom as paperweights.• Alcoves beside the fireplace held a collection of spotlit glass, bottles, flasks, paperweights.• He rearranged a couple of silver paperweights and brushed his long white hair with his hand.• Talismanic paperweight, talismanic brother-substitute, talismanic memory of the Arthritic Witch of Fun. 