perforator
- a word derived from perforate.
Example Sentences
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The key machine in this unique operation is the teletypesetter perforator, which looks like a glorified electric typewriter.
From Time Magazine Archive
By literally shooting out the oil with a gadget called a gun perforator, Lane-Wells has increased the yield of U.S. wells by an estimated $200 million.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the master roll is placed on the production perforator, which can punch out more than 30 finished rolls at a time.
From Time Magazine Archive
It receives a typed replica of the editors' copy from New York to be used as a guide for the printer and proofreader after the perforator unit has done its work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sty′let, a stiletto: the perforator of a trocar, a probe: a little style.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
