paper cutter

noun

1
2
: a machine or device for cutting or trimming sheets of paper to required dimensions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web An assortment of antique typewriters is also on display, along with the paper’s original paper cutter, perforator and 14 type cabinets. Tom Henderson | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 25 July 2022 Pro Tip: Use a paper cutter to make cutting out cards a breeze. Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 7 July 2022 The ubiquity of this season's Miu Miu micro mini, which looks like a teen girl used an office paper cutter to hack up her Catholic school uniform, is almost comical. Glamour, 5 Apr. 2022 Using a 19th-century guillotine-style paper cutter, Wagner cut thousands of pieces of paper in 10 different sizes, all rectangles in the same proportions that Powers favors. New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022 So, consider renting a manual laminate-flooring cutter, which resembles a giant, guillotine-style paper cutter. Joesph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2019 Host James Franco is an enthusiastic holiday gift wrapper, who keeps sustaining blood-spurting injuries with scissors and a paper cutter, spraying shoppers with blood. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2019 So forego the saws and rent a manual laminate-flooring cutter, which resembles a giant, guillotine-style paper cutter. Joesph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2017 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of paper cutter was in 1771

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“Paper cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20cutter. Accessed 29 May. 2023.

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