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cut-and-dried |
cut-and-dry |
cut-and-thrust |
cut-in |
cut-off |
cut-out
| cut-price
| cut-rate
| cut-rate sale
| cut-up
| cutaneal
cut-out
CIDE DICTIONARY
cut-out, n.
- A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit. [1913 Webster]
- Something cut out from another object, especially a piece of thick paper or cardboard with a picture on it (as of a person or other object), embedded in a larger sheet of paper and having perforations around the edges of the figure to allow easy removal from the larger sheet. [PJC]
- A valve in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine which, when activated, permits the exhaust gases to bypass the muffler. [PJC]
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