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box cutter
noun
: a small cutting tool that is designed for opening cardboard boxes and typically consists of a retractable razor blade in a thin metal or plastic sheath
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That’s the subtle absurdity, besides the obvious one, of trying to kill the color with a box cutter: in a sense, red in Western culture has been offed already.
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
What To Know Disciplinary records obtained by the television station show that on October 24, 2024, Henderson was disciplined for bringing a box cutter to school and threatening another student.
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Erin Keller, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article A 20-year-old man was slashed with a box cutter during a fight with an older man on a subway train entering Penn Station, MTA officials said Saturday.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
Evidence photos of a box cutter and spiked item were also presented.
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Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1955, in the meaning defined above
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“Box cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20cutter. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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box cutter
noun
: a small cutting tool used especially for opening cardboard boxes
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