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nose-nippers

nose-nippers noun: pince-nez. Also the plural of nose-nipper.

Noun

nose-nippers

  1. pince-nez
    • He saw the old man lift his head from some writing so sharp that his nose-nippers fell off...1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page v. 29

Also used as

nose-nippers is also the plural of nose-nipper.

Questions about nose-nippers

What does nose-nippers mean?
Nose-nippers means pince-nez.
What part of speech is nose-nippers?
Nose-nippers is a noun.

Words near nose-nippers in the dictionary

  1. nose-ish
  2. nose-job
  3. nose-jobs
  4. nose-led
  5. nose-nipper
  6. nose-nippers
  7. nose-pick
  8. nose-picked
  9. nose-picker
  10. nose-pickers
  11. nose-picking

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