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papercutting

noun

Etymology

From paper + cutting.

  1. derived from *kwetwą✻ — “meat, flesh”
  2. derived from *kutjaną✻
  3. derived from *kytja✻
  4. inherited from cutten
  5. suffixed as cutting — “cut + ing”
  6. compounded as papercutting — “paper + cutting”

Definitions

  1. The art of cutting decorative designs out of paper.

  2. The traditional Chinese form of such an art, also known as jianzhi.

The neighborhood

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