nail clipper
nail clipper is the alternative form of nail clippers.
Meaning of nail clippers
Noun
nail clippers pl (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
- A mechanical device used to trim animals' claws.
Forms of nail clipper
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Questions about nail clipper
- What is nail clipper the alternative form of?
- Nail clipper is the alternative form of nail clippers.
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