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paper-cutting

  • a word derived from paper cutter.
    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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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

A well designed and built paper-cutting machine will last with care nearly half a century.

From Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) by David Grayson

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