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noun

clippers n.

A type of shears for cutting grass or shrubbery; as, hedge clippers.

Synonyms: clipper, hedge clippers.

A cutting device for cutting hair or finger nails; as, nail clippers.

Synonyms: clipper.

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Etymology of 'Clippers'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clippers" Quotes from Famous Books

... rifle was good, Bennington noted again. His shots were grass-clippers that could have substituted for a ...

— Take the Reason Prisoner • John Joseph McGuire

... the eyes! ... a zebra.... Who ever heard of a deer with stripes? The big hand rose from the eyes and ran through the hair which he had always worn rather long. It would seem strange to have it cut very short.... Did they use clippers, ...

— The Conquest of Canaan • Booth Tarkington

... "Pass up the clippers, you below!" Cai commanded, forgetting that the man was deaf. "If your mistress'll stand back in the path a bit, I'll pick out the shoots one by one and hold 'em up for her to see, so's she can tell me which to ...

— Hocken and Hunken • A. T. Quiller-Couch