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tinsnips

tinsnips noun: a kind of snips resembling scissors.

Noun

tinsnips (plural tinsnips)

  1. (countable, plural, usually) A kind of snips resembling scissors.

Forms of tinsnips

pluraltinsnips
alternative formtin snips

Origin of tinsnips

From tin + snips.

Questions about tinsnips

What does tinsnips mean?
Tinsnips means a kind of snips resembling scissors.
What part of speech is tinsnips?
Tinsnips is a noun.
What is the plural of tinsnips?
The plural of tinsnips is tinsnips.

Words near tinsnips in the dictionary

  1. tinsmith
  2. tinsmithies
  3. tinsmithing
  4. tinsmiths
  5. tinsmithy
  6. tinsnips
  7. Tinson
  8. Tinsons
  9. TINSTAAFL
  10. tinstone
  11. tinstones

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