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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This set comes with two paper cutter/tape dispenser devices, along with two rolls of tape, and two replacement blades for when the tool begins to dull.
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Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
For precise lines, an inexpensive paper cutter is brilliant.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
She's found state-of-the-art paper cutters and traditional phonics textbooks that have been out of circulation for years.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 30 Nov. 2025
The first step required chopping the hay into short lengths in a trough-like cutter with a shear handle, like a paper cutter.
—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
Someone had apparently taken a paper cutter to it, leaving the issue a near-triangular shape and likely unreadable.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 July 2025
Their boyfriends, meanwhile, suffer the painful indignities of paper cutters, buzzsaws, and other sharp objects.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 May 2025
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
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Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
For precise lines, an inexpensive paper cutter is brilliant.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
She's found state-of-the-art paper cutters and traditional phonics textbooks that have been out of circulation for years.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 30 Nov. 2025
The first step required chopping the hay into short lengths in a trough-like cutter with a shear handle, like a paper cutter.
—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
Someone had apparently taken a paper cutter to it, leaving the issue a near-triangular shape and likely unreadable.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 July 2025
Their boyfriends, meanwhile, suffer the painful indignities of paper cutters, buzzsaws, and other sharp objects.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 May 2025
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
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“Paper cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20cutter. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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