— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

…

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adjective

Able to be tolerated or allowed; satisfactory or suitable for a particular purpose or situation.

“The teacher said that a score of 70% or higher was acceptable for passing the test.”

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carbon paper

Part of SpeechnounUsed In Literature ↓

Paper with one of the faces impregnated with carbon, used to make carbon copies.

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carbon carbonic paper carbon copy carbonless copy paper carbon printing carbon print carbro plate paper

Poetry examples for “carbon paper”

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InsomniacbySylvia Plath

The night sky is only a sort of carbon paper,
Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of stars

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