cutting room

a film-editing room.

Origin of cutting room

1830–40, for earlier sense

My answer ended up on the cutting-room floor, as many answers given to reporters do.

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It turns out that, for them at least, the cutting-room floor is not the end of the road.

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Mysteriously, all of these roles ended up on the cutting-room floor.

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"It was, sad to say, left on the cutting-room floor," said Martin.

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He may even add one of several scenes left on the cutting-room floor.

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Then she turned and ran out of the room, with the other girls and half the cutting-room after her.

The Portion of Labor |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
He strode off toward the cutting-room and once more Abe resumed his fixed grin.

Potash & Perlmutter |Montague Glass
We might as well have one loft with the cutting-room in the back and a rack for piece goods.

Potash & Perlmutter |Montague Glass
They are taken to the Cutting-room, and here for the first time we get something approaching a piece of money.

The Strand Magazine, Volume I, Issue 2, February 1891 |Various
Morris was superintending the unpacking of piece goods in the cutting-room when Abe darted upstairs.

Potash & Perlmutter |Montague Glass