legal pad
noun
: a writing tablet of ruled yellow paper that is usually 8.5 by 14 inches (about 22 by 36 centimeters)
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Horowitz bought five legal pads of the lyrics from Sanders in 2005 for $50,000.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
Decades ago, Eagles’ co-founder Don Henley wrote over 100 pages of notes for lyrics on yellow legal pads.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
That's when the senior girl slid over $39 in coins and bills, then handed Weschler a yellow legal pad with a handwritten list.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2024
When Henley and Frey wrote songs together, Azoff said, Henley preferred yellow legal pads, Frey white ones.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
This is a trick of design, done by floating small-type names of dishes — and prices that would be eye-catching at any font size — in a sea of white space on a card the size of a legal pad.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
In 2017, McDill donated 217 legal pads of notes and lyrics to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2023
Morris retrieved a legal pad from his car and took notes as Biden opened up.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
The raw notes, scribbled on a legal pad, were part of last year’s high-profile trial in which Depp largely prevailed.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
Decades ago, Eagles’ co-founder Don Henley wrote over 100 pages of notes for lyrics on yellow legal pads.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
That's when the senior girl slid over $39 in coins and bills, then handed Weschler a yellow legal pad with a handwritten list.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2024
When Henley and Frey wrote songs together, Azoff said, Henley preferred yellow legal pads, Frey white ones.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
This is a trick of design, done by floating small-type names of dishes — and prices that would be eye-catching at any font size — in a sea of white space on a card the size of a legal pad.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
In 2017, McDill donated 217 legal pads of notes and lyrics to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2023
Morris retrieved a legal pad from his car and took notes as Biden opened up.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
The raw notes, scribbled on a legal pad, were part of last year’s high-profile trial in which Depp largely prevailed.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
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“Legal pad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20pad. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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