clippers
Britishplural noun
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a hand tool with two cutting blades for clipping fingernails, hedges, etc
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a hairdresser's tool, operated either by hand or electrically, with one fixed and one reciprocating set of teeth for cutting short hair
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He warns that successful clippers must "watch hours and hours of content, and they just live in that world".
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Connecting clippers with their prospective clients are a number of intermediary websites, where available video jobs are listed.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Why wait for the housekeeper to make that trip to the garden shed for hedge clippers?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Polymarket employs Virality, a marketing firm, to manage the clippers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
I knew Mamá did not mean it because she bought Papá a new set of clippers at the Goodwill Store the following week.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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