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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

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

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

Well, if any one practices farming pour paster la tante, just for his own amusement,--a la boncœur!

From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Fritz Reuter

The artist who thus covers the globe, called a paster, is also a colorer.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various

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