Revisions to Origin of the word "trombone" in the sense of "paperclip"

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edited Aug 19, 2011 at 7:00

According to CNRTL's etymology's page, the name comes from the instrument

1949, par analalogie de forme : « petite agrafe servant à réunir des papiers »

it is official, and as far as I know there is no exact synonym.

abréviations explicitées

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According to CNRTL's etymology's page, the name comes from the instrument

1949 p. anal.par analalogie de forme « petite agrafe servant à réunir des papiers »

it is officalofficial, and as far as I know there is no exact synonym.

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created Aug 18, 2011 at 23:04

According to CNRTL's etymology's page, the name comes from the instrument

1949 p. anal. de forme « petite agrafe servant à réunir des papiers »

it is offical, and as far as I know there is no exact synonym.

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