paster

[pey-ster]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of paster¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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If you get a paster, make a wish.

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They invented fan-tail tickets and pasters, and gradually these delightful and patriotic arts and practices have spread over almost the entire country.

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James is the best paster of all, he's so careful.

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