Punchcutter

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From punch + cutter.

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