cut-out
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[edit] Noun
- A device that disconnects an electric circuit under certain dangerous circumstances
- A space produced when something is removed by cutting; the piece so cut out
- (US) a railway cutting
- (US) the separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected
- A trusted middleman, especially in espionage
[edit] References
- OED 2nd edition 1989