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tin snips

tin snips noun: large, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal.

tin snips: large, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal
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Noun

tin snips pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Large, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal.
    • My husband spent the next day inside the plane, cutting out an unused gasoline tank, piece by piece, with tin snips.1934 August 30, “A Fast-Moving Narrative”, in New York Times, Books Section, p. 21
    • If you plan to do much work sheet metal, a pair of curved-blade tin snips will save wear and tear on your nerves in the long run.1957 May 4, “Curved-Blade Snips”, in Calgary Herald, Canada, retrieved 28 Jun 2012, page 23

Synonyms of tin snips

Forms of tin snips

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Questions about tin snips

What does tin snips mean?
Tin snips means large, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal.
What part of speech is tin snips?
Tin snips is a noun.

Words near tin snips in the dictionary

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  2. tin sandwiches
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  4. tin skin
  5. tin skins
  6. tin snips
  7. tin soldier
  8. tin soldiers
  9. tin tab
  10. tin tabernacle
  11. tin tabernacles

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