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noun
An art of papercutting, cutting continuous paper designs, which began in Switzerland and Germany in the 1500s and was brought to Colonial America in the 1700s by immigrants who settled primarily in Pennsylvania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: art, arts
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From German Scherenschnitte, plural of Scherenschnitt (literally “scissor cut”).
