Etymology

punchcutter

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Today it means: Someone who carries out punchcutting; a person who makes punches for type founders. Full definition →

First used 18th c.
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The story

From punch + cutter.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 18th c. Someone who carries out punchcutting; a person who makes punches for type founders.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.