Meaning of papershredder | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare form of paper shredder

form-of, rare

Examples

“On January 4, 1983, EPA brought papershredders in to destroy⟳ "excess copies" of the subpoenaed documents.”

“On this word, in the eternal race⟳ between photocopier and papershredder, the shredder has won out; the ban on its use⟳ at the center of power goes beyond "executive privilege" to the depths of primitive taboo.”

“Think⟳ of it like⟳ the "memory hole" in George Orwell's 1984, or a wastebasket with a papershredder in it — don't send⟳ any information here you expect⟳ to retrieve, /dev/null is often used conversationally, as in "Send⟳ all complaints to /dev/null."”

“The basement looked like⟳ the aftermath of some monstrous experiment⟳ involving rabid squirrels, a papershredder, tequila and cottage cheese. Awful.”

“It has built into it a papershredder, tape recorder, telephone, TV set⟳ to monitor⟳ who's at my front and back doors, pencil sharpeners, night light⟳, a radio ... a lot of things.”

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