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paster

American  
[pey-ster] / ˈpeɪ stər /

noun

  1. a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.

  2. a person or thing that pastes.


Etymology

Origin of paster

First recorded in 1730–40; paste + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Ms. Merkel, the daughter of a Lutheran paster in Communist East Germany, insisted that there was no way to impose a quota on those fleeing war and oppression.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2016

The clipped items and slips were turned over to the paster who affixed the clippings to the slips.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

There was a class system in the Bureau engendered by the cutter, printer, paster, paper baler, and delivery boy.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

She tole him dey wuz ho'ses in de paster an' dat de Yankee camp wuz over near Laurinburg or somewhare like dat.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various

And then he wuz all rousted up about a hole down in our paster.

From Samantha at the World's Fair by Grimm, Baron C. de

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