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scissors-and-paste definition

scissors-and-paste (siz′ərz and pāst′)

adjective

Informal designating or of a piece of writing that has been assembled from a variety of sources rather than by original research, often in a hasty or uninspired way

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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