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n. (context US English) a large writing pad, made using yellow paper, especially one measuring 8½ by 14 inches and with a margin down the side of each page
Usage examples of "legal pad".
He and Randy look over at John Cantrell, who has crossed his arms over his chest and is unloading a disquisition on the Euler totient function while Harvard Li nods intently and his nerd-de-camp frantically scrawls notes on a legal pad.
Ahern said, doodling furiously on his legal pad as he chased his thoughts.
Adler took a comfortable seat in the back, got out a legal pad, and wrote the whole way, using his trained memory to reconstruct the conversation, then added a series of personal observations on everything from Daryaei's physical appearance to the clutter on his desk.
Emerson -Lapp rolled his eyes to the ceiling and banged his pencil down against the legal pad.
And then, as if to drop the last vestige of his directorial image, he placed his pipe on the table, reached into his pocket for a pack of cigarettes, popped one up to his mouth and snapped his lighter as he began to write on the legal pad.
That was his second-highest expression of outrage, though his staff saw his red pen poised near a fresh page on a legal pad.