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paper cutter

noun

any device for cutting or trimming paper, typically a weighted, powered, or spring-hinged blade mounted on or over a ruled board or table on which many sheets of paper may be aligned for cutting at one time.

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Origin of paper cutter

First recorded in 1820–30

OTHER WORDS FROM paper cutter

paper-cutting, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for paper cutter

paper-cutter

noun

a machine for cutting paper, usually a blade mounted over a table on which paper can be aligned
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