blotter
pronunciation
How to pronounce blotter in British English:
UK [ˈblɒtə(r)]
How to pronounce blotter in American English:
US [ˈblɑtə(r)]
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- Noun:
- absorbent paper used to dry ink
- the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station
Word Origin
- blotter (n.)
- 1590s, "thing for drying wet spots," agent noun from blot (v.). Meaning "bad writer" is from c. 1600. Sense of "day book" is from 1670s, and the word was applied early 19c. to rough drafts, scrap books, notebooks, and draft account books. Hence the police jargon sense "arrest record sheet," recorded from 1887.
Example
- 1. Dr brandt blemishes no more spot blotter .
- 2. In the form of an lsd blotter ?
- 3. Dr. brandt blemishes no more spot blotter & concealer .
- 4. The work is still being pulled out from under a blotter and then tucked back under .
- 5. He caught up the blotter and said : " it comes from there . "