From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpaperclippa‧per‧clip /ˈpeɪpəklɪp $ -ər-/ noun [countable] TDa small piece of curved wire used for holding sheets of paper together
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paperclip• She pulled out a bunch of newspaper cuttings fastened together with a paperclip and riffled through them, scanning the sense very quickly.• This was then we were indenting for paperclips one by one in those days. 