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- noun Alternative form of
paper cut .
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Examples
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That's like saying people who pay a doctor $50 to apply a band aid to a papercut are afraid of an infection.
Tax Simplification, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But beyond white fences, petal-sharp ears papercut on limpid dusk the horses are listening.
trailer for sale or rent dancinghorse 2009
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That papercut scene was almost the cherry on top of the bloody ice cream.
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Posted in Over The Line, writing | Tagged: art, books, images, nanny state, papercut, publishing, warning labels | Leave a Comment »
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At least, unlike his Republican j-off critics (read: Rush Limbaugh) he's openly admitting something addicting and it's neither illegal nor apt to get you in an embarrassing (read: like pain killers – nothing like taking oxy - or hydrocodone for a papercut, eh Rush?).
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My sister gets a papercut and she screams bloody murder – actually she makes those people look quiet.
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Design Sponge's artist highlight on Mia Pearlman's papercut sculptures (photo on left)
Random Monday Musings Anne-Marie 2008
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Sometimes when I thought I was leaning into the blade, I was just giving myself a papercut, and I need someone to stand behind me and push.
Archive 2010-04-01 Kat Howard 2010
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Sometimes when I thought I was leaning into the blade, I was just giving myself a papercut, and I need someone to stand behind me and push.
Would you stand up and walk out on me? Kat Howard 2010
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As a young art instructor at Kibbutz Sde Boker, Shadur created her first papercut as a sukkah decoration in honor of the 80th birthday of Israel's prime minister, David Ben Gurion.
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