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
Example Sentences
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And you learned that thanks to the clippers.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
Transporting passengers to the gold fields of California and racing to get the first spring tea from China to New York and London drove the rise of extreme clippers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
He is meticulously cutting a member of staff's hair with a pair of clippers, and says the good time credit scheme has made him feel positive about his time in prison.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025
Although they were a force in the 2016 and 2020 elections, the clippers have flooded social media in a way that feels more pronounced, probably because so many more of us are consuming media online.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024
“From the smugglers who wanted gold for fence clippers to cut into Turkey? It’s not like that, Baba. Europe is sending refugees back to where they came from. On planes and boats. Under armed guard.”
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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