paper-cutter

paper cutter

noun
any device for cutting or trimming paper, typically a weighted, powered, or spring-hinged blade mounted on or over a ruled board or table on which many sheets of paper may be aligned for cutting at one time.

Origin:
1820–30

pa·per-cut·ting, adjective
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paper-cutter
 
n
a machine for cutting paper, usually a blade mounted over a table on which paper can be aligned

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