paperweight

[ pey-per-weyt ]

/ ˈpeɪ pərˌweɪt /

a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.

Origin of paperweight

First recorded in 1855–60; paper + weight

All of the work that comes with being an escort, and all of its attendant horrors, for this… paperweight?

And The Escort of The Year Is… Backstage at The Sex Oscars |Scott Bixby |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A paperweight that my mother gave me; it is made of dark blue glass and is in the shape of a heart.

Ben Yagoda: How I Not Write Bad |Noah Charney |February 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Judge Ledue took the chair, looked around for something to use as a gavel, and rapped sharply with a paperweight.

The Cosmic Computer |Henry Beam Piper
The telephone is right beside the window, and inside, on a desk, the money was lying in an open envelope under a paperweight.

Battling the Clouds |Captain Frank Cobb

Mokorongo clutched his paperweight: "It is a beast, and my master's medicine is strong."

The Witch Doctor and other Rhodesian Studies |Frank Worthington
Fifi was taken into the inner recesses of his study to serve as a paperweight.

Edgar Saltus: The Man |Marie Saltus
Derry's hand lay on it, a "paperweight" that did not move itself off at Blair's motion.

The Boy Patriot |Edward Sylvester Ellis

paperweight

/ (ˈpeɪpəˌweɪt) /

a small heavy object placed on loose papers to prevent them from scattering