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• 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.
• paper-cutter
  paper-cutter

  noun

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

paper cutter

American  

noun

1. 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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paper-cutter British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• paper-cutting
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of paper cutter

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

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Whether it is when she begins monologuing or while wielding a guillotine paper cutter as a weapon, the film keeps finding new ways to tease out the most fun it can from its premise.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

“If I can’t buy that new paper cutter that costs $200,000, how are you going to do that?”

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

Wildes headed to a paper cutter at the other end of Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts in St. Paul and began slicing his picture into 1-inch strips.

From Washington Times ● May 12, 2018

Reston’s Molly O’Boyle is particularly fond of the sound of a tabletop paper cutter doing its job.

From Washington Post

I peek into the bag at my feet: a paper cutter, white card stock, and a tin of forty-eight colored pencils, twelve more than the set I have.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

They had not yet built any new Jerusalem, and the sword in their hand sometimes seemed hardly more than a paper-cutter.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a pause, and Mr. King turned off to play with the paper-cutter again.

From Ben Pepper by Sidney, Margaret

The General’s brows were knit as he sat thoughtfully balancing a paper-cutter between his fingers.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

The merchant makes obeisance and proffers you a paper-cutter or a box of candied ginger.

From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Penfield, Frederic Courtland

Bates, you know that Persian dagger of mine I've been using here lately for a paper-cutter?

From The Monk of Hambleton by Livingston, Armstrong