punchcutter

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noun

Someone who carries out punchcutting; a person who makes punches for type founders.

First used 18th c.Scrabble 20
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Meanings

nounpunchcutter (plural punchcutters)

plural punchcutters

  1. mediaSomeone who carries out punchcutting; a person who makes punches for type founders.First known use 18th c.

    Early punch-cutters appeared to have forged their own steel blanks, and the manner in which they finished their punches can often identify their work.

    2009, James Mosley, edited by Michael F Suarez and Michael L Turner, The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, vol. V, Cambridge, published 2014, page 170

Origin

From punch + cutter.

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