stapler

[ stey-pler ]

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noun

a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
a wire-stitching machine, especially one used in bookbinding.

Also called staple gun . a hand-powered tool used for driving heavy-duty wire staples into wood and other materials.

Origin of stapler

First recorded in 1905–10; staple¹ + -er¹

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Other definitions for stapler (2 of 2)

stapler²

[ stey-pler ]

noun

a person who staples wool.
a merchant who deals in a staple or staples.

Origin of stapler

First recorded in 1505–15; staple² + -er¹

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How to use stapler in a sentence

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Methinks Cuthbert will need no hint from me to despise the home of the honest wool stapler.
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And so it is to London thou wilt go--to the worthy wool stapler on the Bridge?
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Captain stapler, who was no card-player, looked on and replenished the long glasses of Scotch that stood at each man's right hand.
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His father was a wool-stapler, holding a good position in the district.
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His father was a wool stapler who lost his fortune in the panic of 1847.
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British Dictionary definitions for stapler

stapler

/ (ˈsteɪplə) /

noun

a machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper, etc, to hold them together

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