paper wall

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paper wall (plural paper walls)

  1. (simile) A thin wall, especially if poorly soundproof.
    • 2013 October 18, Marcia Munson, Judith Stelboum, The Lesbian Polyamory Reader: Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Casual Sex[1], Routledge, →ISBN:
      They can even hear me yawn, what with these paper walls.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paper,‎ wall.

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