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box cutter
noun
: a small cutting tool that is designed for opening cardboard boxes and typically consists of a retractable razor blade in a thin metal or plastic sheath
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Listen to this article A 20-year-old man was slashed with a box cutter during a fight with an older man on a subway train entering Penn Station, MTA officials said Saturday.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
Evidence photos of a box cutter and spiked item were also presented.
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Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
The older man quickly retaliated and whipped out a box cutter, slashing his victim in the shoulder and hand as the train entered the station and the fight continued on the platform.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
Ortiz had threatened Mach and his co-workers with a box cutter before lunging at the security guard.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1955, in the meaning defined above
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“Box cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20cutter. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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box cutter
noun
: a small cutting tool used especially for opening cardboard boxes
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