paster

American  

[pay-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.

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Etymology

Origin of paster

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

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Example Sentences

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paster

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

And them sweet fields in my mind wuz our own orchard and paster, and the swellin’ flood I thought on wuzn’t death’s billers, but the waters that rolled between California and Jonesville.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Marietta Holley

People read for other things than understanding, Karl; people read pour paster la tante, with the books.

From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Fritz Reuter

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