cut-out

  1. Noun.  A device that disconnects an electric circuit under certain dangerous circumstances.
  2. Noun.  A space produced when something is removed by cutting; the piece so cut out.
  3. Noun.  (US) a railway cutting.
  4. Noun.  (US) the separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected.
  5. Noun.  A trusted middleman, especially in espionage.

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