nippers

/ (ˈnɪpəz) /

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pl n

an instrument or tool, such as a pair of pliers, for snipping, pinching, or squeezing

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Nipigon, nip in the bud, Nipissing, Nipmuck, nipper, nippers, nipping, nipple, nipple line, nipple shield, nipplewort

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Then, grandpaw, he turns round to the baby again, plumb took up with them four new nippers.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
His companion, as if to look at him with a due appreciation of this, stopped swinging the nippers and put them on.
The Awkward Age|Henry James
Seeking Nippers, I came upon him haltingly reading my diary aloud to an amused circle of cattlemen, in his quarters aft.
Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp
He took a pair of nippers an' ketched holt an' pulled out a big shirtin' needle.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various

This machine consists essentially of a series of rollers, nippers, and rows of metal teeth.
Textiles|William H. Dooley

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