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a desktop crocodile that bites paper into permanent loyalty with a single jaw snap
means A small handheld or desktop device that drives a thin metal staple through sheets of paper and bends its legs flat to fasten them together.
from From "staple," a word with deep Germanic roots — Old English "stapol" meant a post, pillar, or prop, something fixed firmly in place, related to Old Norse and Dutch words for a support or pile. Over centuries "staple" came to mean a U-shaped metal fastener, and once machines were built in the 19th century to push these fasteners through paper, the tool earned the simple agent name "stapler" — literally the thing that staples.
- birth year
- first patent dates to 1866
- royal origin
- early devices custom-made for King Louis XV
- hidden anvil
- base flips to bend staples flat or outward
- office legend
- red Swingline starred in the film Office Space
- jam king
- staple misfires cause endless desk-side cursing
swingline 747 — iconic red desktop stapler manufactured since 1957, featured in office space film
bostitch b8 — heavy-duty stapler used in commercial offices, one of best-selling models worldwide