legal pad

noun

: a writing tablet of ruled yellow paper that is usually 8.5 by 14 inches (about 22 by 36 centimeters)

Examples of legal pad in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Among the papers spilled from a blue accordion folder was a yellow legal pad that contained dozens of phone numbers for organizations Franklin called to inquire about housing. Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024 Horowitz paid Sanders $50,000 for five legal pads of lyrics in 2005. Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024 Horowitz bought five legal pads of the lyrics from Sanders in 2005 for $50,000. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024 Decades ago, Eagles’ co-founder Don Henley wrote over 100 pages of notes for lyrics on yellow legal pads. Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024 That's when the senior girl slid over $39 in coins and bills, then handed Weschler a yellow legal pad with a handwritten list. Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2024 When Henley and Frey wrote songs together, Azoff said, Henley preferred yellow legal pads, Frey white ones. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024 This is a trick of design, done by floating small-type names of dishes — and prices that would be eye-catching at any font size — in a sea of white space on a card the size of a legal pad. Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024 In 2017, McDill donated 217 legal pads of notes and lyrics to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of legal pad was in 1882

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“Legal pad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20pad. Accessed 20 May. 2024.

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