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Routine work involving written documents.uncountableusually
- do paperwork
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Written documents.uncountableusually
- The source stated that the alleged victims wanted the paperwork released after the settlement, but with names and identifiers removed.
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Excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.alsoexcessivefiguratively
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Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).USslanguncountable
- to have bad paperwork
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A work in paper.countableusually
- Greatly you haue boaſted of, and much threatned theſe two places, (for euery later paperwork of yours is but a Tautology of the former) […]
- In listing dimensions for the paperworks, height precedes width, followed by depth; and dimensions for multi-unit pieces are for the entire work.
syn. administrativia · administrivia