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Definition of Pair of pincers

1. Noun. A hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pair Of Pincers

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Literary usage of Pair of pincers

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1. Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries by William Fordyce Mavor, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) (1797)
"They left fome money for him on the rock; for the Capuchins touch no money except with a pair of pincers, which convey it to their fack or cowl, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities with Nearly 2000 Engravings on by Anthony Rich (1893)
"A pair of pincers for drawing teeth (Celsus, vii. 12. ... A pair of pincers expressly constructed for the purpose of extracting spear or arrow heads from ..."

3. The London Medical Gazette (1833)
"The operator laid hold of it with a pair of pincers, and cut out a portion with the curved scissors as before; the contents were evacuated, ..."

4. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1852)
"On the point of the needle entering the cloth, the first pair of pincers opens and rises from the needle, which is pushed onwards by the second pair; ..."

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