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  • noun Alternative form of paper cut.

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Examples

  • 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

  • But beyond white fences, petal-sharp ears papercut on limpid dusk the horses are listening.

    trailer for sale or rent dancinghorse 2009

  • That papercut scene was almost the cherry on top of the bloody ice cream.

    Twilight Lexicon » New Moon Rising 2009

  • Posted in Over The Line, writing | Tagged: art, books, images, nanny state, papercut, publishing, warning labels | Leave a Comment ยป

    2010 January « The Graveyard 2010

  • 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 โ€“ nothing like taking oxy - or hydrocodone for a papercut, eh Rush?).

    CNN Poll: Do American care if Obama smokes? 2009

  • My sister gets a papercut and she screams bloody murder โ€“ actually she makes those people look quiet.

    Birthing MonkeyBoy « Bored Mommy 2009

  • Design Sponge's artist highlight on Mia Pearlman's papercut sculptures (photo on left)

    Random Monday Musings Anne-Marie 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Judith - Highlighted Judiths 2010

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