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noun/ˈkwaɪə(r)/
/ˈkwaɪər/
(old-fashioned)- four sheets of paper folded to make eight leaves (= 16 pages)Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French quaier, from Latin quaterni ‘set of four’.
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