paper-cutting
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a word derived from
paper cutter.
paper cutternounany 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.
Example Sentences
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Swap out this year’s jigsaw puzzle in favor of something new: a DIY paper-cutting craft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2017
In April of 2013, during an elevator ride, Kohl, who is fluent in German, was asked by a theatre friend whether she knew how to produce scherenshnitte, a Germanic form of paper-cutting art.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 12, 2014
He attached four industrial-size paper-cutting blades to the grungy yellow front door of his Manhattan apartment.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2011
Other paper-cutting suggestions: Print on both sides of a sheet of paper.
From Inc ● Apr. 22, 2010
They will illustrate their games and lessons by means of simple modelling and paper-cutting.
From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Edmond Holmes