pasteboard

noun

1. a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
2. Older Slang. a card, as a visiting card or a playing card.
3. Older Slang. a ticket, as for the theater.

adjective

4. made of pasteboard.
5. unsubstantial, flimsy, or sham.

noun

1. 1. a stiff board formed from layers of paper or pulp pasted together, esp as used in bookbinding
   2. (as modifier)a pasteboard book cover
2. slang a card or ticket

adjective

3. flimsy; insubstantial
4. sham; fake

n.1540s, from paste (n.) + board (n.1). So called because it is made of sheets of paper pasted together.