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Meanings of lopper in English

A long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees.

Usage of lopper in English
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When the lopper had laid it bare and the woodcutters had sapped its base, five men commenced hauling at the rope attached to the top.
Original Short Stories — Volume 03
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The damage I'd have done with spade and loppers
The Irish Times
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At first, the loppers climbed up the trunk.
The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 / Une Vie and Other Stori...
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I came back the next day with a pair of loppers from home...
Radio NZ
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Garden tool firm Spear & Jackson has also won praise after it saved a reader's long-arm loppers after he lost a blade-return spring.
The Guardian
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A recent examination revealed rusting loppers, the snapped head of a garden fork, two broken knapsack sprayers, and an ancient bottle of Rose Clear.
The Irish Times
Lopper through the time