nail scissors

American  

noun

(usually used with a plural verb)

1. small scissors with short curved blades for trimming the fingernails or toenails.

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Etymology

Origin of nail scissors

First recorded in 1850–55

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Example Sentences

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nail scissors

Some ads were then unfolded and briefly examined; in one video, a few items were cut out of one with nail scissors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2019

Not the quiet way, with the tiny nail scissors.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2018

But the answer isn’t to add tech to your clippers—it’s to embrace nail scissors, another simple machine that is easy to maneuver and to see over, allowing for precision around those tiny fingers.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2018

Lennon’s bandmate Ringo Starr once had his hair quickly chopped by an 18-year-old girl with a pair of nail scissors at a D.C. charity ball.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2016

She ran into the bathroom and rummaged through the medicine chest until she found a pair of nail scissors with which to chop out the offending hair.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson

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