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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
wax-paper

1812, from wax (n.) + paper (n.).

Usage examples of "wax-paper".

Omally had been acting as messenger and delivery boy, freighting quantities of thaumaturgical books which arrived daily in wax-paper packages at Normans corner shop.

She opened the Bible, and there it was, the wax-paper sleeve with the same photo her mother had shown her at the family reunion dinner.