nippers

British

/ ˈnɪpəz /

plural noun

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

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Geraldine Nordfelft, who brought her daughter to nippers, said "it was really important to return to whatever this new normal is as soon as we could".

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

In a future round of testing, we’ll be comparing the Tweezerman model against other top-rated, best-selling nippers.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2018

The royal corgis have included a few notorious little nippers.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2018

The other chefs had to understand that part of their job was having nippers around their feet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2017

I ’ad six nippers, then I goes and leaves one on a bus, the eighty-eight up from Brixton.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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