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duo-tang
especially Education
DCHP-3 (Sep 2024)
Spelling variants:Duo-tang, Duotang, Duo Tang, duotang
n. — proprietary
a folder made of card stock or plastic in various colours, with three fasteners to hold down loose-leaf paper (see Image 1).
Type: 5. Frequency — Duo-Tang is an American product. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Paw Paw, Michigan (Bloomberg Business website). As Chart 1 shows, duo-tang is not widely used in the US, but is very frequent in Canada.
See also COD-2, s.v. "Duo-Tang", which is marked "Cdn proprietary".
See also COD-2, s.v. "Duo-Tang", which is marked "Cdn proprietary".
See: exercise book
Combinations exist in terms such as Duotang-bound book (see the 1987 quotation) or duo-tang folder (see the 2006 quotation).
Quotations
1963
Duo-Tang Covers
1987
Printed with the co-operation of Empire Life Insurance Co., the Duotang-bound book runs the gamut from traditional and new games and songs to finger play and rhymes.
1991
At Shoppers Drug Mart in Park Royal Shopping Centre yesterday, cashiers had their noses buried in duo-tang folders to see whether provincial sales tax, GST or both should be charged on each item.
1992
Duotang folders are only 29 cents each at Woodward's - a much better buy than the fancy cardboard folders with holograms on the front that Woodward's is selling for $1.99.
2006
The list includes everything from pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, crayons, scissors, note books, math sets (protractor and compass), felt markers, pencil cases, three-ring paper, duo-tang folders, and highlighters.
2007
Ilana Spector, 42, doesn't remember her parents scouring stores for the last purple Duo-Tang in the city.
2015
The back-to-school supply lists for a student entering Grade 6-8 add up in a hurry:
6 blue/black pens: $2
2 red pens: $2
Markers: $6
Crayons: $6
Pencil crayons: $4
Pencil case: $4
4 large glue sticks: $10
8 Duo Tangs: $8
1-inch non-zippered binder: $6
5 packages of loose leaf paper: $10
1 package of dividers: $2
3 packages of sticky notes: $4
2015
For math these third-graders get off easy with one 1/2-inch hardcover binder, 5 page dividers and a white duotang. English makes up for that lapse, however, requiring 5 duotangs - red, green, yellow, blue and orange. And, oh yes, 1 small exercise book that has to be 1/2-plain and 1/2-ruled. There are also required supplies for ethics and something called portfolio but who's counting.
References
- Bloomberg Business • Duo-Tang Inc.
- COD-2
Images
Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 19 Jul. 2012
