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nail scissors

noun

, (usually used with a plural verb)
  1. small scissors with short curved blades for trimming the fingernails or toenails.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nail scissors1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

The nail file and nail scissors must be used as often as possible.

She took a nail scissors, clipped out the 'My God' and showed the rest of the letter all over school.

A touch of the hairbrush was necessary, and for his hands the file of the nail-scissors.

Lacking this, she trundled home with all speed, and began cutting out roses with swift and certain strokes of the nail-scissors.

Then I took scissors, short-nail scissors, and I cut its throat with three slits, quite gently.

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