nail scissors

noun (usually used with a plural verb)

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

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Origin of nail scissors

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby nail scissors

nail file, nail fold, nail in one's coffin, nail pit, nail polish, nail scissors, nail set, nail skin, nail technician, nail up, nail varnish

Example sentences from the Web for nail scissors

Beside seven broken pairs of nail-scissors was a scent-bottle with golden stopper.
Carnival|Compton Mackenzie
One man had a pair of nail-scissors, and with this very awkward instrument I proceeded to operate.
At Suvla Bay|John Hargrave
Oh, I jabbed him in the eye with a pair of nail-scissors, and he went away!
The Girl on the Boat|Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
A touch of the hairbrush was necessary, and for his hands the file of the nail-scissors.
Mammon and Co.|E. F. Benson

It was a particularly sacred pair of nail-scissors that almost everything blunted.
Christopher and Columbus|Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim

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