Blotter
['blɒtə] or ['blɑtɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station.
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Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, blots; esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink.
(n.) A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place.
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Examples
- For the original it is best to use smooth, well-sized writing paper, allowing the ink to dry without using a blotter. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- And in another city where Sunday closing was strictly enforced, a minister told me with painful surprise that the Monday police blotter showed less drunks and more wife-beaters. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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