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Meanings of scissors in anglès

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Hand-operated cutting instrument.

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        tosquiadeira

        A wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze.

              tosquiadeira
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              Examples for "shears"
              Examples for "shears"
              1
              If the shears are open, enter; if closed, do not risk it.
              Italian Popular Tales
              2
              He wore a short canvas apron and carried pruning-shears in one hand.
              Aunt Jane's Nieces
              3
              They had no idea where Ture had disappeared to, with his shears.
              A bridge to the stars
              4
              There was no answer but the crisp snip, snip of the shears.
              Walter and the Wireless
              5
              Father followed behind with the shears, cutting and cracking the metal away.
              Earth Unaware
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              A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.

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                    Usage of scissors in anglès
                    1
                    Thank God Charlie wasn't here today, with his scissors and his scrapbook.
                    A fierce radiance: a novel
                    2
                    And the Princess Joceliande laughed, and replaced the scissors in her girdle.
                    Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
                    3
                    In the first place, it looks like an ordinary pair of scissors.
                    The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20...
                    4
                    Please make sure to use hair-trimming scissors to avoid further damaging hair.
                    Ebony
                    5
                    I cut the stuffing for the Sunday chicken with the scissors, entirely.
                    Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun
                    6
                    Last year, a student stabbed another child with a pair of scissors.
                    Radio NZ
                    7
                    Hester gazed after him and back at the scissors on the dressing-table.
                    Shining Ferry
                    8
                    Well, I could always come up with some sort of flint scissors.
                    Stand by your hitman
                    9
                    Work-boxes were now quickly produced, and scissors and thimbles set in motion.
                    Holidays at Roselands / A Sequel to Elsie Dinsmore
                    10
                    From outside came the distinctive sound of scissors being opened and closed.
                    Perdido Street Station
                    11
                    The Linen was taken into the house, and cut up with scissors.
                    Types of Children's Literature / A Collection of the World's Bes...
                    12
                    Click went the scissors again, and the carpet was still further mutilated.
                    Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir / And Other Stories for Boys and Girl...
                    13
                    Madame de Montpensier is forgotten; all of her, save her golden scissors.
                    In Kings' Byways
                    14
                    Then she turned the scissors, so as entirely to destroy the eye.
                    Proud and Lazy: A Story for Little Folks
                    15
                    A resident holds a pair of scissors while undertaking an unknown task.
                    The Guardian
                    16
                    And then, it seems that they cut your flesh with the scissors.
                    Les Misérables
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