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punchcutters

punchcutters is the plural of punchcutter.

Meaning of punchcutter

Noun

punchcutter (plural punchcutters)

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

Questions about punchcutters

What is punchcutters the plural of?
Punchcutters is the plural of punchcutter.

Words near punchcutters in the dictionary

  1. punchbowl
  2. punchbowls
  3. punchcard
  4. punchcards
  5. punchcutter
  6. punchcutters
  7. punchcutting
  8. punchdown
  9. punchdowns
  10. punchdrunk
  11. punched

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