First recorded in 1820–30
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“If I can’t buy that new paper cutter that costs $200,000, how are you going to do that?”
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
Wildes headed to a paper cutter at the other end of Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts in St. Paul and began slicing his picture into 1-inch strips.
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2018
“It must have been OK. We still have the paper cutter, and it still works,” Berner said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2014
Reston’s Molly O’Boyle is particularly fond of the sound of a tabletop paper cutter doing its job.
From Washington Post
A man in a down jacket is using the paper cutter near the door, trimming a stack of pale blue cards.
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
They had not yet built any new Jerusalem, and the sword in their hand sometimes seemed hardly more than a paper-cutter.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I see,” said the lawyer, balancing a paper-cutter upon his forefinger.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
The use of the paper-cutter that Miss Prall admitted having given into Sir Herbert's keeping gave wide-spread opportunity.
From In the Onyx Lobby by Wells, Carolyn
At certain seasons of the year it is covered so thickly with quail that "you could not put a paper-cutter between them."
From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
And jumping up, she began to play with the paper-cutter, the paper-weight, and all the objects that lay on the table, among others a box of cigars.
From Maximina by Palacio Valdés, Armando
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