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What (who) is BLOTTER - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Blotter (disambiguation)

blotter         
(blotters)
A blotter is a large sheet of blotting paper kept in a special holder on a desk.
N-COUNT
Blotter         
·noun A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place.
II. Blotter ·noun One who, or that which, blots; ·esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink.
blotter         
¦ noun
1. a sheet or pad of blotting paper inserted into a frame and kept on a desk.
2. N. Amer. a temporary recording book, especially a police charge sheet.

Wikipedia

Blotter

Blotter may refer to:

  • Blotter (album), a 1996 album by the American band Nightstick
  • Blotter acid, a means of transporting and taking LSD and other psychedelic compounds
  • Blotting paper, used to absorb ink or oil from writing materials, particularly when quill or fountain pens were popular
  • Blotter, a 1993 painting by American artist Peter Doig
  • "Blotter", the fourth track of the album Stone Sour by the band of that same name
  • Baby Blotter, a character from Bear in the Big Blue House
  • Police blotter, a daily record of arrests and other events at a police station
  • Desk pad, a table or desk protector
Examples of use of BLOTTER
1. For a rapper, having your name printed in the police blotter is likely merely to reinforce whatever perceptions fans already have.
2. Although the combatants in fight clips are rarely identified, let alone arrested or punished, fight videos occasionally pop up on the police blotter.
3. There was no –– he had a blotter at one end of it and it seated, I don‘t know how many people it seats, 15 people.
4. "Male" and "female" are the language of the police blotter ("Male, approx. 6 foot, 2 in., black leather jacket, approached decoy ...") or the plumbing–supply store.
5. The owners and presidents of the other two teams are also no paupers, and their names often appear in the press in non–sports contexts including the political and police blotter columns.