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

Example Sentences

Claiming that you don’t like attending weddings is worse than saying that you hate Christmas, or that the sound of children laughing and playing makes you want to remove your own ears with nail scissors.

From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2019

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

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 cut the meal card into tiny pieces with nail scissors and flushed the pieces down the toilet.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart