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Meaning of cutter and paster | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. An editor who cuts and pastes or copies and pastes text, stories, pictures, etc. to be published.
    informal
  2. Anyone who copies text from one source and pastes it to another, using a computer.
    informal

Examples

“She's a great cutter and paster; she can get half the magazine done in a week.”
“The editor as cutter and paster has brought together an unpretentious assemblage of literary elements: a chronological survey of Latin (what is it? ' writings', or 'readings'? literature, history, apologetics? satire...”
“Zack is a keen cutter and paster; he likes grabbing headlines from political and entertainment sites and posting them on his page.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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