scherenschnitte

scherenschnitte
 n.— «Jeri discovered paper cutting, or scherenschnitte in a book on early American art and she’s been doing it ever since. That’s right its called “scherenschnitte,” which is actually a German word for “scissor snipping.”» —“The magical world of artist Jeri Landers” by Nerin Moroney, Kathleen Souder WBIR-TV (Knoxville, Tenn.) Sept. 16, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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