Anonymous  +  960713 Tue, 03 Nov 09 01:42 PM Hello, 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. Anonymous

	Best answer by khoff  +  960788 Tue, 03 Nov 09 04:34 PM In this case, it means mass produced -- when hundreds of the same item are manufactured at the same time by machinery. khoff

	Avangi  +  961506 Wed, 04 Nov 09 02:14 PM Anonymous “punched out by the hundreds” A 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. Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,211 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier