I find that a paperclip is a great stand in for a real cherry pitter.    From Wordnik.com.  [cherry cornmeal upside-down cake | smitten kitchen] Reference

But then he added, Much as the paperclip is the larva of the coathanger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates]

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Every minute you waste looking for a paperclip is a minute they could spending with their child.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 21, 2004] Reference

· attachments "paperclip" icon not being the same on all platforms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference

The interruptions from the paperclip in MS Office.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-10-01] Reference

Low-tech "Hipster PDA" (cards and a paperclip) hacks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: January 2, 2005 - January 8, 2005 Archives] Reference

Montreal home, began by swapping a red paperclip for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

A clear square button was used as the paperclip topper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

A pen and a paperclip were drifting in front of his eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dark Tower]

Red plastic, a paperclip bent into a sailboat, and an empty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kronos and Thorns] Reference

I once had a pin of felt that used a paperclip for a skate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Skating Anyone?] Reference

Do they include instructions for a paperclip rod holder? lol.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fishing Outfit for Tough Economic Times] Reference

Call center (devil with horns, laughing), a paperclip coated in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kronos and Thorns] Reference

The paperclip fits right under the flap securing the card shut!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

Lightest item: paperclip ok, there were 10 paperclips in there?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference

The three pages of notes on Serena were held together with a paperclip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Money]

He blinked in surprise as a spent match dropped into his paperclip tray.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frost at Christmas]

For every post-it note or paperclip, there's an egg-cuber or sauna pants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Odd Retro Products That Failed To Catch On (PICTURES)] Reference

I was struck by how culturally popular the "red paperclip experiment" was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shana Ting Lipton: The New Value of a Buck] Reference

She was yelling and screaming as she scratched her wrist with a paperclip.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Nose for Research] Reference

It looks like the package is original, though photoshopped for a paperclip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photo of the Day – MacGyver Multitool | Manolith] Reference

Kyle from One Red paperclip has successfully traded a paperclip for a house.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

Like when you bend a paperclip back and forth enough times, it's gonna break.    From Wordnik.com.  [A judge in Georgia, and 5 American soldiers we just killed.] Reference

Unfortunately, they don't know the difference between a paperclip and a magnate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michelle Kraus: Memo to the DNC and Obama Campaign: Keep This Election Honest. Send out the Tech SWAT Teams to the StatesTo Insure Voter Integrity] Reference

Seems that they took the guy who created the office paperclip with them. reply koz.    From Wordnik.com.  [Microsoft Spins off Wallop] Reference

And a tiny little piece of metal twisted into a paperclip brought order to our lives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joel John Roberts: How Consumer Electronics Show Could Help End Homelessness] Reference

This is an amazing chain of events from something that started with one red paperclip.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Red Paper Clip & Kipling Saskatchewan Confirmed « open thinking] Reference

It's very difficult to fined a paperclip sized hole by feeling for it with a paperclip.    From Wordnik.com.  [January 14th, 2008] Reference

He handed Alan a small, desiccated lump, like a black bean pierced with a paperclip wire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference

Those facts being that some of these folks clearly have the mental capacity of a paperclip.    From Wordnik.com.  [purplecigar Diary Entry] Reference

It feels like trying to perform brain surgery with a paperclip and a piece of dental floss.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference

He started with a simple paperclip, traded his way to a snowmobile, and he's going for a house.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2005] Reference

Somebody had stuck a paperclip in it's place to carry the current, which is extremely dangerous.    From Wordnik.com.  [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference

It takes a truly good writer to make one out of white bread, or a paperclip, or an ant or a rose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves]

The smallest, either a thumbtack or a paperclip, depending on whether he judged by size or weight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hard War]

Apparently a guy in Montreal started off with a red paperclip and wanted to trade it for something.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference

I had a total MacGyver moment and repaired the puppet with a paperclip, gaffers tape and superglue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Film puppets are different than stage puppets] Reference