paper cutter
noun
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: a machine or device for cutting or trimming sheets of paper to required dimensions
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Fabricating the device requires simple tools such as a paper cutter and a painting knife.
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2011
Allison Williams performance, a murderous dance routine involving a paper cutter, and an Alessandro Michele-era Gucci wardrobe.
—The Glamour Editors, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2023
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
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2011
Allison Williams performance, a murderous dance routine involving a paper cutter, and an Alessandro Michele-era Gucci wardrobe.
—The Glamour Editors, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2023
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
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“Paper cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20cutter. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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