scherenschnitte
Meanings
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.
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Etymology
From German Scherenschnitte, plural of Scherenschnitt (literally “scissor cut”).
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