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nail-clipper

nail-clipper is the alternative form of nail clippers.

Meaning of nail clippers

Noun

nail clippers pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A mechanical device used to trim fingernails and toenails.
    • After their argument, Sprewell showed enormous restraint and presence of mind by not whipping out a pair of nail clippers and trimming his coach’s fingernails – an act for which he could have been seriously punished.1998 March 6, Donna Britt, “High Time for a Major Reality Check”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2017
  2. (plural, plural-only) A mechanical device used to trim animals' claws.

Forms of nail-clipper

pluralnail-clippers

Questions about nail-clipper

What is nail-clipper the alternative form of?
Nail-clipper is the alternative form of nail clippers.

Words near nail-clipper in the dictionary

  1. nail violins
  2. nail-biter
  3. nail-biters
  4. nail-biting
  5. nail-bitingly
  6. nail-clipper
  7. nail-clippers
  8. nail-cutter
  9. nail-cutters
  10. nail-file
  11. nail-files

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