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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Punch out
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What does "...punched out by the hundreds" mean here?
Another way to look at his bags is that they are not perfect. They don’t look as if they have been punched out by the hundreds. That organic quality would diminish, he said, if he made them in Europe or Asia.
What does "...punched out by the hundreds" mean here?
Another way to look at his bags is that they are not perfect. They don’t look as if they have been punched out by the hundreds. That organic quality would diminish, he said, if he made them in Europe or Asia.
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In this case, it means mass produced -- when hundreds of the same item are manufactured at the same time by machinery.
- In this case, it means mass produced -- when hundreds of the same item are manufactured at the same time by machinery.
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In this case, it means mass produced -- when hundreds of the same item are manufactured at the same time by machinery.
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Anonymouspunched out by the hundredsA punch press is a heavy, fast running machine in which a die cuts the part in a single stroke, while new material is constantly (usually automatically) fed in.
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